History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839 |
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... question . A statement of what has really occurred , and what specific measures have been adopted by an individual ruler , or the majority , should be fairly given . The candid will then judge correctly , from the circumstances and the ...
... question . A statement of what has really occurred , and what specific measures have been adopted by an individual ruler , or the majority , should be fairly given . The candid will then judge correctly , from the circumstances and the ...
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... question was , whether it should be strictly national , or federal . The former system , it was supposed , would nearly annihilate the State governments , while the latter would be adequate to the objects in view , would still reserve ...
... question was , whether it should be strictly national , or federal . The former system , it was supposed , would nearly annihilate the State governments , while the latter would be adequate to the objects in view , would still reserve ...
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... questions on this subject were , -of how many jus- tices the highest court should consist ; into how many , dis- tricts the United States should be divided ; and what were their proper duties and powers under the federal Consti- tution ...
... questions on this subject were , -of how many jus- tices the highest court should consist ; into how many , dis- tricts the United States should be divided ; and what were their proper duties and powers under the federal Consti- tution ...
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... question arose , relating to the tenure of their office . There was a long discussion on the subject , which called forth the abilities of the most eminent states- men and speakers in the House of Representatives . It was contended , by ...
... question arose , relating to the tenure of their office . There was a long discussion on the subject , which called forth the abilities of the most eminent states- men and speakers in the House of Representatives . It was contended , by ...
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... question of funding the public debt , and of assuming the debts of the several States , a warm discussion took place , which continued many days , and called forth the abilities of the distin- guished members of Congress . It was not ...
... question of funding the public debt , and of assuming the debts of the several States , a warm discussion took place , which continued many days , and called forth the abilities of the distin- guished members of Congress . It was not ...
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Page 459 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Page 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Page 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Page 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Page 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Page 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Page 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.