The American Statesman: A Political History Exhibiting the Origin, Nature and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States; the Rise and Progress of Parties; and the Views of Distinguished Statesmen on Questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy; with an Appendix Containing Explanatory Notes, Political Essays, Statistical Information, and Other Useful Matter |
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... provision had been made for the disposition of the western lands . They desired that congress should have power to fix the limits of such states as claimed to the Mississippi , and to dispose of the lands beyond these limits for the ...
... provision had been made for the disposition of the western lands . They desired that congress should have power to fix the limits of such states as claimed to the Mississippi , and to dispose of the lands beyond these limits for the ...
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... provision of the treaty ; and that the retiring British army had carried away slaves belonging to the United States . Great Britain , on the other hand , alleged that some of the states had interposed obstacles to the collection of ...
... provision of the treaty ; and that the retiring British army had carried away slaves belonging to the United States . Great Britain , on the other hand , alleged that some of the states had interposed obstacles to the collection of ...
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... provisions was , “ that , after the year 1800 , there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said ... provision , " that this regulation shall be an article of compact , and remain a fundamental principle of the ...
... provisions was , “ that , after the year 1800 , there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said ... provision , " that this regulation shall be an article of compact , and remain a fundamental principle of the ...
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... provision in favor of recovering fugitives from service . ” If so , his information is derived from some other source than the journals of congress . In the absence of positive information , the more probable reason is , that Mr ...
... provision in favor of recovering fugitives from service . ” If so , his information is derived from some other source than the journals of congress . In the absence of positive information , the more probable reason is , that Mr ...
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... provisions , and altered certain others . Our prescribed limits forbid a particular account of the subsequent alterations which the constitution received before it was finally adopted by the convention . There is one provision , however ...
... provisions , and altered certain others . Our prescribed limits forbid a particular account of the subsequent alterations which the constitution received before it was finally adopted by the convention . There is one provision , however ...
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Page 497 - ... that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party : that the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Page 196 - Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 122 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Page 572 - Government. The Congress, the Executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 942 - That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress ; and therefore the democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the compromise measures, settled by the last Congress, the "act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor...
Page 935 - North of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, excepting only such part thereof as is included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of Crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby forever prohibited...
Page 173 - States," and from its extreme anxiety to guard these rights from every possible attack of sophistry and ambition, having with other States, recommended an amendment for that purpose, which amendment was, in due time, annexed to the Constitution, it would mark a reproachful "inconsistency, and criminal degeneracy, if an indifference were now...
Page 490 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders.
Page 424 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 485 - The Charter of the Bank of The United States expires in 1836, and its Stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from precipitancy in a measure involving such important principles, and such deep pecuniary interests, I feel that I cannot, in justice to the Parties interested, too soon present it to the deliberate consideration of the Legislature and the People.