Vermont: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont ...J & J M Poland, 1876 - Vermont |
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... and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy.1 Instead of concurring in the resolutions of Kentucky , the Legislature of Virginia adopted a series of ...
... and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy.1 Instead of concurring in the resolutions of Kentucky , the Legislature of Virginia adopted a series of ...
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Page 525 - Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the...
Page 525 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 399 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 526 - ... that, 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.
Page 426 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number...
Page 259 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of this House, jointly with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to...
Page 107 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 529 - It belongs not to state legislatures to decide on the constitutionality of laws made by the general government; this power being exclusively vested in the judiciary courts of the Union.
Page 336 - ... to be duly elected a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the United States; and...
Page 455 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights, and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of His Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
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| Title | Vermont: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont ... Volume 4 of Vermont: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont |
| Publisher | J & J M Poland, 1876 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Nov 2006 |
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