A History of the American People, Volume 7Harper & brothers, 1918 - United States |
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... federal officials had been removed , as against seventy - three at the most in all the previous history of the government . The Senate tried to stay the tide where it could , in its action on the nominations sent to it ; but found the ...
... federal officials had been removed , as against seventy - three at the most in all the previous history of the government . The Senate tried to stay the tide where it could , in its action on the nominations sent to it ; but found the ...
Page 16
... government and of orderly obedience to their own laws which seemed to ... federal troops stationed there ; and the Indians were obliged to yield . " I ... government would not be countenanced by the Executive of the United States , and ...
... government and of orderly obedience to their own laws which seemed to ... federal troops stationed there ; and the Indians were obliged to yield . " I ... government would not be countenanced by the Executive of the United States , and ...
Page 20
... federal government ought to be distributed among the States , not spent for objects , like internal improve- ments , which the constitution , in his opinion , gave Congress no authority to undertake or pay for . He was merely setting ...
... federal government ought to be distributed among the States , not spent for objects , like internal improve- ments , which the constitution , in his opinion , gave Congress no authority to undertake or pay for . He was merely setting ...
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... government : for he believed that to be the end and object of the Union , to ... federal power . The two were inseparable parts of a single conception . No ... federal government now was to challenge his LIBRARY own authority ; and there ...
... government : for he believed that to be the end and object of the Union , to ... federal power . The two were inseparable parts of a single conception . No ... federal government now was to challenge his LIBRARY own authority ; and there ...
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... federal power , should leave the decision of the matter of right entirely to the Supreme Court of the United States , part and organ of the very government whose power was challenged . The constitution was a compact , he maintained ...
... federal power , should leave the decision of the matter of right entirely to the Supreme Court of the United States , part and organ of the very government whose power was challenged . The constitution was a compact , he maintained ...
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