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... federal government should commence a criminal prosecution against Jefferson Davis for his participation and ... government , of national citizens , under the penalties of national treason ; thus establish- ing that " absolute supremacy ...
... federal government should commence a criminal prosecution against Jefferson Davis for his participation and ... government , of national citizens , under the penalties of national treason ; thus establish- ing that " absolute supremacy ...
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Or, American Federal Liberty Bernard Janin Sage. and if we fail to learn and utilize them , we may as well give up self - government , and cry out , as did the Hebrews , " Give us a king , " to save ourselves from the war and woe of his ...
Or, American Federal Liberty Bernard Janin Sage. and if we fail to learn and utilize them , we may as well give up self - government , and cry out , as did the Hebrews , " Give us a king , " to save ourselves from the war and woe of his ...
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... government The federal government is not over the states The danger of giving it supreme power . The character and purpose of suffrage Solemn warning from Edmund Burke CHAPTER II . - PERVERSION . All political power inherent in the ...
... government The federal government is not over the states The danger of giving it supreme power . The character and purpose of suffrage Solemn warning from Edmund Burke CHAPTER II . - PERVERSION . All political power inherent in the ...
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... federal government as " a government to be administered for the common good , by the servants of the people , vested with delegated powers , by popular election , at stated periods . " " The federal constitution , " con- tinued he ...
... federal government as " a government to be administered for the common good , by the servants of the people , vested with delegated powers , by popular election , at stated periods . " " The federal constitution , " con- tinued he ...
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... federal government has no shadow of right to exist and hold jurisdiction within their borders , except by and under their sovereign will . As the confederates acted in precise accordance with these principles , it is absurd to call them ...
... federal government has no shadow of right to exist and hold jurisdiction within their borders , except by and under their sovereign will . As the confederates acted in precise accordance with these principles , it is absurd to call them ...
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Page 568 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 529 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 553 - A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...
Page 555 - is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 235 - While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and, what is of inestimable value! they must derive from union an exemption from those...
Page 551 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Page 557 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.
Page 235 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained...
Page 533 - We the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity.
Page 556 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.