Speeches in the Second and Third Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and in the Vacation |
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... hold itself bound by the resolutions of the majority of the United Colonies in the premises ; provided the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police of that Colony be re- served to the people thereof ...
... hold itself bound by the resolutions of the majority of the United Colonies in the premises ; provided the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police of that Colony be re- served to the people thereof ...
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... hold the offices under a State Government may individually commit treason ; but the acts of the State officers , transcending their authority and in conflict with the Constitution of the United States , involve in their guilt no man who ...
... hold the offices under a State Government may individually commit treason ; but the acts of the State officers , transcending their authority and in conflict with the Constitution of the United States , involve in their guilt no man who ...
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... hold , that , with the loss of the State organization , the institutions , laws , and civil relations of the States perish . Now , in case of conquest even , though the people of the conquered territory change their alle- giance , their ...
... hold , that , with the loss of the State organization , the institutions , laws , and civil relations of the States perish . Now , in case of conquest even , though the people of the conquered territory change their alle- giance , their ...
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... hold to the na- tion , not involving or impairing the rights of loyal subjects . The law may fail to protect obedient subjects ; but it never condemns them . As between the Govern- ment , and its subjects in arms against it , the legal ...
... hold to the na- tion , not involving or impairing the rights of loyal subjects . The law may fail to protect obedient subjects ; but it never condemns them . As between the Govern- ment , and its subjects in arms against it , the legal ...
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... hold upon the Colonies , or elevating them into independent powers . Nothing is , I think , plainer in principle , than that the recognition of these rights and war . the observance of these usages - flagrante bello - can- 16 RELATION ...
... hold upon the Colonies , or elevating them into independent powers . Nothing is , I think , plainer in principle , than that the recognition of these rights and war . the observance of these usages - flagrante bello - can- 16 RELATION ...
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Popular passages
Page 100 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 173 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...
Page 17 - The modern usage of nations, which has become law," — mark the words, Mr. Speaker, — " the modern usage of nations, which has become law,"— — " would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world, would be outraged, — if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 173 - 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 169 - ... and condemnation of such offenders, and them to cause to be executed and put to death according to the law martial.
Page 173 - THE power of suspending the laws, or the execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
Page 171 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person...
Page 103 - We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it.