The American Politician; Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of ... Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, Etc. Third EditionE. Leland and W. J. Whiting, 1842 - 552 pages |
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... legislature- a right inestimable to them , and formidable to tyrants only . He has called together legislative bodies at places unu- sual , uncomfortable , and distant from the repository of their public records , for the sole purpose ...
... legislature- a right inestimable to them , and formidable to tyrants only . He has called together legislative bodies at places unu- sual , uncomfortable , and distant from the repository of their public records , for the sole purpose ...
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... legislatures . He has affected to render the military independent of , and superior to , the civil power . He has combined with others to subject us to a juris- diction foreign to our constitution , and unacknowledged by our laws ...
... legislatures . He has affected to render the military independent of , and superior to , the civil power . He has combined with others to subject us to a juris- diction foreign to our constitution , and unacknowledged by our laws ...
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... legislature , to extend an unwarranta- ble jurisdiction over us . We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here . We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity , and we have conjured them ...
... legislature , to extend an unwarranta- ble jurisdiction over us . We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here . We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity , and we have conjured them ...
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... legislature . 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of the state in ...
... legislature . 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of the state in ...
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... legislature of any state , the executive thereof may make temporary appoint- ments until the next meeting of the legislature , which shall then fill such vacancies . 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of ...
... legislature of any state , the executive thereof may make temporary appoint- ments until the next meeting of the legislature , which shall then fill such vacancies . 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of ...
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