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Page 116
... prohibition is " that no person shall be deprived of his property , immunities or privileges , put out of the protection of the law , or deprived of his life , liberty or estate , but by judgment of his peers or the law of the land ...
... prohibition is " that no person shall be deprived of his property , immunities or privileges , put out of the protection of the law , or deprived of his life , liberty or estate , but by judgment of his peers or the law of the land ...
Page 161
... prohibition , is there anything in the nature of the case , that prevents , or should prevent , in all cases , a judge of probate from rendering professional assistance to executors , administrators or guardians . I say in all cases ...
... prohibition , is there anything in the nature of the case , that prevents , or should prevent , in all cases , a judge of probate from rendering professional assistance to executors , administrators or guardians . I say in all cases ...
Page 178
... prohibiting the importation of slaves , as an example of a commercial regulation , enacted by State author- ity . That law may or may not be constitutional and valid . It has been referred to generally , but its particular provisions ...
... prohibiting the importation of slaves , as an example of a commercial regulation , enacted by State author- ity . That law may or may not be constitutional and valid . It has been referred to generally , but its particular provisions ...
Page 184
... prohibition might be wholly evaded . This grant authorises Messrs . Livingston and Fulton to license navigation in the waters of New York . They , of course , license it on their own terms . They may require a pecuniary con- sideration ...
... prohibition might be wholly evaded . This grant authorises Messrs . Livingston and Fulton to license navigation in the waters of New York . They , of course , license it on their own terms . They may require a pecuniary con- sideration ...
Page 191
... prohibition would be totally nugatory if the law is to be taken as part of the contract ; and the result would be , that , whatever may be the laws which the States by this clause of the constitution are prohibited from passing , yet ...
... prohibition would be totally nugatory if the law is to be taken as part of the contract ; and the result would be , that , whatever may be the laws which the States by this clause of the constitution are prohibited from passing , yet ...
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Page 80 - ... Resolved, 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 84 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence; or rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Page 87 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Page 425 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Page 425 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Page 452 - It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
Page 452 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Page 59 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Page 425 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.
Page 85 - Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life and his own honor?