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... slaves , and are compelled to do the common labor of the household , to carry burthens , to toil in the field , and to do all the ordinary drudgery of life . The men are usually addicted to war , hunting , and rude amusements . The ...
... slaves , and are compelled to do the common labor of the household , to carry burthens , to toil in the field , and to do all the ordinary drudgery of life . The men are usually addicted to war , hunting , and rude amusements . The ...
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... slave of man ; the office - holder is above the citi- zen ; the sultan and his favorites may trample on justice with impunity . Nearly the same may be said of Egypt , Persia , and most of the nations of India . In all these , there is a ...
... slave of man ; the office - holder is above the citi- zen ; the sultan and his favorites may trample on justice with impunity . Nearly the same may be said of Egypt , Persia , and most of the nations of India . In all these , there is a ...
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... slave of his pleasures . This is liberty without law . Such liberty as this could exist only in theory , for where society has enacted no law , the obligation of justice exists . A savage is as truly bound by the golden rule. Liberty ...
... slave of his pleasures . This is liberty without law . Such liberty as this could exist only in theory , for where society has enacted no law , the obligation of justice exists . A savage is as truly bound by the golden rule. Liberty ...
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... slaves of the strong . Not only would the weak , therefore , be deprived of liberty , but of justice . In this state of things , no man is free , except the strongest man ; he alone has power to act as he pleases ; all the rest are his ...
... slaves of the strong . Not only would the weak , therefore , be deprived of liberty , but of justice . In this state of things , no man is free , except the strongest man ; he alone has power to act as he pleases ; all the rest are his ...
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... slaves of the strong . In this state of society , where natural liberty is said to prevail , the mass are subject to the despotism of a few ; the weak are the slaves of the strong . A state of natural liberty , is , therefore ...
... slaves of the strong . In this state of society , where natural liberty is said to prevail , the mass are subject to the despotism of a few ; the weak are the slaves of the strong . A state of natural liberty , is , therefore ...
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Page 260 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States. — fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing...
Page 258 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Page 257 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any state grant commissions to any ship or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled; and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...
Page 199 - States. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 251 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 182 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 261 - ... the United States in Congress assembled. The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page 256 - ... felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any state, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other state.
Page 211 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 261 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of ,war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...