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... party was also anti - federal to a man . They firmly believed that there was not gold and silver enough to meet ... PARTIES . 17 Virginia , men holding federal Paper Money.
... party was also anti - federal to a man . They firmly believed that there was not gold and silver enough to meet ... PARTIES . 17 Virginia , men holding federal Paper Money.
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... party with Washington and Hamilton at its head , represented the experience , the prudence , the practical wisdom , the discipline , the con- servative reason and instincts of the country . The oppo- sition headed by Jefferson ...
... party with Washington and Hamilton at its head , represented the experience , the prudence , the practical wisdom , the discipline , the con- servative reason and instincts of the country . The oppo- sition headed by Jefferson ...
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FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . 19 speech , urged its speedy adoption . The twenty - ninth of September was set as the day of adjournment ... PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . grant of power to Congress Parties in Pennsylvania 19,
FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . 19 speech , urged its speedy adoption . The twenty - ninth of September was set as the day of adjournment ... PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . grant of power to Congress Parties in Pennsylvania 19,
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FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. 20 PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . grant of power to Congress to levy taxes ; its lack of a Bill of Rights ... party which Jefferson was soon to organize , and which , at the opening of the new century , was ready to take ...
FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. 20 PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA . grant of power to Congress to levy taxes ; its lack of a Bill of Rights ... party which Jefferson was soon to organize , and which , at the opening of the new century , was ready to take ...
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... party and , on the tenth of December , after reviewing all the objec- tions , he declared that , from a full examination of the system , it appeared to him the best that the world had seen ; 2 and announcing that Delaware had ratified ...
... party and , on the tenth of December , after reviewing all the objec- tions , he declared that , from a full examination of the system , it appeared to him the best that the world had seen ; 2 and announcing that Delaware had ratified ...
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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.