The Constitutional History of the United States, by Francis Newton Thorpe ... 1765-1895: 1788-1861Callaghan, 1901 - Constitutional history |
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... . 575 The Constitution an Experiment .. 576 Discordant Elements .... 577 Economic Disturbances .. 578 Desire of the South .... A Slave - Holding Confederacy . 579 580 CONTENTS . xvii North and South Contrasted .... Essential Causes.
... . 575 The Constitution an Experiment .. 576 Discordant Elements .... 577 Economic Disturbances .. 578 Desire of the South .... A Slave - Holding Confederacy . 579 580 CONTENTS . xvii North and South Contrasted .... Essential Causes.
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... Causes of Discord .... South Carolina Followed .. Incidents The Real Leaders of Secession .. A Program for Pacification . Precedents for 1860 ...... Evolution of the Contest .... 581 582 583 584 • 585 586 587 588 Preparation for the ...
... Causes of Discord .... South Carolina Followed .. Incidents The Real Leaders of Secession .. A Program for Pacification . Precedents for 1860 ...... Evolution of the Contest .... 581 582 583 584 • 585 586 587 588 Preparation for the ...
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... cause of reviving the subject . Of the members of the committee none was more sagacious and active than Nathan Dane of Massachusetts . It is impossible to identi- fy the special contribution of its members to the work in hand . It is ...
... cause of reviving the subject . Of the members of the committee none was more sagacious and active than Nathan Dane of Massachusetts . It is impossible to identi- fy the special contribution of its members to the work in hand . It is ...
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... cause of this grievance.2 Rhode Island , which at this time was in the hands of fiat money men , was quite lost to reason , and practically unanimous in its opposition . New York State was a wilderness , except in the Hudson Valley ...
... cause of this grievance.2 Rhode Island , which at this time was in the hands of fiat money men , was quite lost to reason , and practically unanimous in its opposition . New York State was a wilderness , except in the Hudson Valley ...
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... cause of alarm . The anti - federal members of the convention had asked for a Bill of Rights , and their de- mand was eminently reasonable . Unless the doctrine was admitted that the new govern- ment was to be one of delegated powers ...
... cause of alarm . The anti - federal members of the convention had asked for a Bill of Rights , and their de- mand was eminently reasonable . Unless the doctrine was admitted that the new govern- ment was to be one of delegated powers ...
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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.