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One submits to the law till a majority repeal it , or a convention provides a constitutional remedy for it ; the other undertakes to annul the law , and suspend its operation , so long as three - fourths of the States are not brought ...
One submits to the law till a majority repeal it , or a convention provides a constitutional remedy for it ; the other undertakes to annul the law , and suspend its operation , so long as three - fourths of the States are not brought ...
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When , therefore , the past system of embargoes and commercial restrictions shall have been reviewed - when the fluctuation and inconsistency of public measures , betraying a want of information as well as feeling in the majority ...
When , therefore , the past system of embargoes and commercial restrictions shall have been reviewed - when the fluctuation and inconsistency of public measures , betraying a want of information as well as feeling in the majority ...
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and intention of the Federal compact ; and , as such , a dangerous , palpable , and deliberate usurpation of power by a determined majority , wielding the general Government beyond the limits of its delegated powers , as calls upon the ...
and intention of the Federal compact ; and , as such , a dangerous , palpable , and deliberate usurpation of power by a determined majority , wielding the general Government beyond the limits of its delegated powers , as calls upon the ...
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If a majority of both Houses and Congress should , from any motive , be induced , deliberately , to exercise " powers not granted , " what prospect would there be of " arresting the progress of the evil , by a vote of three - fourths ?
If a majority of both Houses and Congress should , from any motive , be induced , deliberately , to exercise " powers not granted , " what prospect would there be of " arresting the progress of the evil , by a vote of three - fourths ?
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... three of whom are a majority , and may exercise this mighty power . Now , the judges of this court are without any direct responsibility , in matters of opinion , and may certainly be governed by any of the motives which it is ...
... three of whom are a majority , and may exercise this mighty power . Now , the judges of this court are without any direct responsibility , in matters of opinion , and may certainly be governed by any of the motives which it is ...
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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