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... Citizens .. 495 Rights of Slaves ... 496 Condition of Slaves Under the Law ... 497 The Fugitive Slave Clause ..... Status of the Indian Tribes .. 498 499 A White Man's Government ...... 500 Power of Congress Over Commerce .. Paramount ...
... Citizens .. 495 Rights of Slaves ... 496 Condition of Slaves Under the Law ... 497 The Fugitive Slave Clause ..... Status of the Indian Tribes .. 498 499 A White Man's Government ...... 500 Power of Congress Over Commerce .. Paramount ...
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... citizens of Virginia ; Ford's Pamphlet , 329-332 ; see the answer to them by James Iredell , Id . , 333-370 . 2 See Caldwell's Constitutional History of Tennessee , Chap- ters I - III . 14 IN THE SOUTHWEST . the State , were equally In ...
... citizens of Virginia ; Ford's Pamphlet , 329-332 ; see the answer to them by James Iredell , Id . , 333-370 . 2 See Caldwell's Constitutional History of Tennessee , Chap- ters I - III . 14 IN THE SOUTHWEST . the State , were equally In ...
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... citizens were represented in the plan , the States were called upon to give up a portion of their power for the good of the whole . It was founded on the principle of representation . The Federal Convention had found it difficult to ...
... citizens were represented in the plan , the States were called upon to give up a portion of their power for the good of the whole . It was founded on the principle of representation . The Federal Convention had found it difficult to ...
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... citizens , who would be parties to it , their liberties would be in their own control . A trial by jury in civil cases had not been provided for because of the lack of uniformity in the different States , and thus for lack of a ...
... citizens , who would be parties to it , their liberties would be in their own control . A trial by jury in civil cases had not been provided for because of the lack of uniformity in the different States , and thus for lack of a ...
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... citizens , who would be parties to it , their liberties would be in their own control . A trial by jury in civil cases had not been provided for because of the lack of uniformity in the different States , and thus for lack of a ...
... citizens , who would be parties to it , their liberties would be in their own control . A trial by jury in civil cases had not been provided for because of the lack of uniformity in the different States , and thus for lack of a ...
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Page 407 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 547 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 399 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both.
Page 218 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Page 464 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 598 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the National Constitution amended.
Page 479 - AND OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER THE COMPACT ENTITLED "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Page 213 - Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by...
Page 585 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 333 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.