The Constitutional History of the United States, by Francis Newton Thorpe ... 1765-1895: 1788-1861Callaghan, 1901 - Constitutional history |
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... Authority of the Nation .. 492 The State Constitution vs. the National . 493 First Ten Amendments ... 494 Rights of Citizens .. Rights of Slaves ... 495 ..... 496 Condition of Slaves Under the Law . 497 The Fugitive Slave Clause ... 498 ...
... Authority of the Nation .. 492 The State Constitution vs. the National . 493 First Ten Amendments ... 494 Rights of Citizens .. Rights of Slaves ... 495 ..... 496 Condition of Slaves Under the Law . 497 The Fugitive Slave Clause ... 498 ...
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... authority . " 2 Nor is its im- portance diminished by the fact that Chief - Justice Taney 1 Barrett , 79-80 . 2 No. XXXVIII . It appeared in the New York Packet , January 15 , 1788 RICHARD HENRY LEE . 5 in his opinion in the The Clause ...
... authority . " 2 Nor is its im- portance diminished by the fact that Chief - Justice Taney 1 Barrett , 79-80 . 2 No. XXXVIII . It appeared in the New York Packet , January 15 , 1788 RICHARD HENRY LEE . 5 in his opinion in the The Clause ...
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... authority vested in individuals over families of slaves kept society in a state of immaturity and made legal restraints the more unknown in proportion as their necessity was less felt . " This description of the two parties in 1801 ...
... authority vested in individuals over families of slaves kept society in a state of immaturity and made legal restraints the more unknown in proportion as their necessity was less felt . " This description of the two parties in 1801 ...
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... authority for the government rested in the people . As he had so frequently 1 Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution , 211 . 2 The convention met on November 21 , chose Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg President , and James Campbell ...
... authority for the government rested in the people . As he had so frequently 1 Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution , 211 . 2 The convention met on November 21 , chose Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg President , and James Campbell ...
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... authority in the Constitution was derived.1 3 Smilie replied that the purpose of McKean's motion was altogether too hasty . The new plan should not be forced on the convention . Whitehill , of Carlisle , feared lest the rights and ...
... authority in the Constitution was derived.1 3 Smilie replied that the purpose of McKean's motion was altogether too hasty . The new plan should not be forced on the convention . Whitehill , of Carlisle , feared lest the rights and ...
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Page 487 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 629 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 546 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 551 - Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone.
Page 479 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both.
Page 487 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Page 552 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. They meant to set up a standard...
Page 552 - God, it is now proving itself, a stumbling block to all those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should reappear in this fair land and commence their vocation, they should find left for them at least one hard nut to crack.
Page 259 - After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred ; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress,...
Page 678 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the National Constitution amended.