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... equal to its uncommon deserts . JOB JOHNSTON . From Wm . P. Finley , A. M. , President of the Charleston College . CHARLESTON , S. C. , July 19 , 1855 . It is admirably adapted to the object designed . As a practical exposition of the ...
... equal to its uncommon deserts . JOB JOHNSTON . From Wm . P. Finley , A. M. , President of the Charleston College . CHARLESTON , S. C. , July 19 , 1855 . It is admirably adapted to the object designed . As a practical exposition of the ...
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... equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be ...
... equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be ...
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... equal number of Votes , then the House of Re- presentatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner ...
... equal number of Votes , then the House of Re- presentatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner ...
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... equal Suffrage in the Senate . ARTICLE . VI . [ 1 ] All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into , before the Adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the ...
... equal Suffrage in the Senate . ARTICLE . VI . [ 1 ] All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into , before the Adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the ...
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... equal footing , while in the House they are represented in proportion to their population . In this respect , the Constitution , by giving to each State an equal voice in the Senate , without regard to difference of population , wealth ...
... equal footing , while in the House they are represented in proportion to their population . In this respect , the Constitution , by giving to each State an equal voice in the Senate , without regard to difference of population , wealth ...
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Page 274 - ... appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 40 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 38 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Page 1 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 42 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 271 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 284 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. — But, the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 273 - ... that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Page 288 - ... period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it. Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature.
Page 280 - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.