A Brief Enquiry Into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States |
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... direct political connexion with each other . Each was independent of all the others ; each , in a limited sense , was sovereign within its own territory . There was neither alliance nor confederacy between them . The assembly of one ...
... direct political connexion with each other . Each was independent of all the others ; each , in a limited sense , was sovereign within its own territory . There was neither alliance nor confederacy between them . The assembly of one ...
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... direct political connexion with each other ! " The condition of the colonies was , indeed , anom- alous , if our author's view of it be correct . They presented the singular spectacle of " one people , " or political corporation , the ...
... direct political connexion with each other ! " The condition of the colonies was , indeed , anom- alous , if our author's view of it be correct . They presented the singular spectacle of " one people , " or political corporation , the ...
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... direct and order " ( in concert with the delegates of the other colonies ) such further measures as to them shall appear to be best calculated for the recovery and establishment of American rights and liberties , and for restoring ...
... direct and order " ( in concert with the delegates of the other colonies ) such further measures as to them shall appear to be best calculated for the recovery and establishment of American rights and liberties , and for restoring ...
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... direct and control all national , military and naval operations ; to form alli- ances and make treaties ; to contract debts and issue bills of credit on national account . " These powers were not " exclusive , " however , as our author ...
... direct and control all national , military and naval operations ; to form alli- ances and make treaties ; to contract debts and issue bills of credit on national account . " These powers were not " exclusive , " however , as our author ...
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... direct authority over their individual citizens . Although the powers actually assumed and exercised by con- gress were certainly very great , they were not always acquiesced in , or allowed , by the States . Thus , the power to lay an ...
... direct authority over their individual citizens . Although the powers actually assumed and exercised by con- gress were certainly very great , they were not always acquiesced in , or allowed , by the States . Thus , the power to lay an ...
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Page 52 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 19 - Agreement, faithfully adhered to, will prove the most speedy, effectual, and peaceable measure ; and, therefore, we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several Colonies, whom we represent, firmly agree and associate, under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, as follows : First.
Page 49 - May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia 2 for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...
Page 7 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain.
Page 37 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 47 - We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution, for the government of ourselves and our posterity.
Page 95 - That every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the Constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Page 47 - It was moved and seconded to appoint a committee of five, to revise the style of, and arrange the articles agreed to, by the house ; which passed in the affirmative.
Page 22 - Friends, Countrymen, and Brethren — « By these, and by every other appellation that may designate the ties which bind us to each other, we entreat your serious attention to this our second attempt to prevent their dissolution.
Page 16 - Continent, to consult together on the present Circumstances of the Colonies, and the Difficulties to which they are and must be reduced, by the Operation of the Acts of Parliament...