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... the plan ultimately adopted . The Convention first adopted a resolution that the Ex- ecutive should be chosen by Congress ; next that the exec . utive power should be vested in one person . A 2 A HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS .
... the plan ultimately adopted . The Convention first adopted a resolution that the Ex- ecutive should be chosen by Congress ; next that the exec . utive power should be vested in one person . A 2 A HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS .
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... resolution , to fix the time for the new government to go into operation . But Congress wasted time in a dreary discussion where the seat of gov- ernment should be fixed . A decision was at last reached in favor of New York ; and on the ...
... resolution , to fix the time for the new government to go into operation . But Congress wasted time in a dreary discussion where the seat of gov- ernment should be fixed . A decision was at last reached in favor of New York ; and on the ...
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... resolution of Congress was adopted . In those days communication was very slow . It would have been nearly impossible , in the time allowed , to have made full preparation for such an election as is that of electors to - day in some of ...
... resolution of Congress was adopted . In those days communication was very slow . It would have been nearly impossible , in the time allowed , to have made full preparation for such an election as is that of electors to - day in some of ...
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... resolution , to which announcement was appended a state- ment which , in a somewhat amended form , was employed by every subsequent caucus of the kind as long as the system was in vogue . It declared " that , in making the foregoing ...
... resolution , to which announcement was appended a state- ment which , in a somewhat amended form , was employed by every subsequent caucus of the kind as long as the system was in vogue . It declared " that , in making the foregoing ...
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... resolution was introduced for raising a joint committee " to examine the matter of said memorials and report their opinion thereon to both Houses , " but it was not acted on . Some days later another resolution was introduced ...
... resolution was introduced for raising a joint committee " to examine the matter of said memorials and report their opinion thereon to both Houses , " but it was not acted on . Some days later another resolution was introduced ...
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Page 484 - European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colos-sal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the possessors of these in turn despise the Republic and endanger liberty.
Page 228 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Page 417 - A ; and said tellers having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates ; and the votes having been ascertained and counted as in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate...
Page 487 - The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.
Page 229 - That the new dogma that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country. 8. That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom...
Page 207 - That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by the most central and practicable route, is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and, as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate construction of an emigrant route on the line of the railroad.
Page 230 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; that, as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 487 - We demand a (^national currency, safe, sound, and flexible) issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations; a just, equitable, and efficient means of distribution direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or a better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements.
Page 242 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, — justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
Page 259 - ... 11. Foreign emigration — which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development and resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations — should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy.