The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster, The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell AddressG.G. Evans, 1860 - 504 pages |
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... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or pro ecting board in England , but a government of ...
... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or pro ecting board in England , but a government of ...
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... authority habitually tram- pled down by military power , or of a community crushed by the burden of taxation . He will speak , rather , of pub- lic liberty protected , and public happiness advanced ; of increased revenue , and ...
... authority habitually tram- pled down by military power , or of a community crushed by the burden of taxation . He will speak , rather , of pub- lic liberty protected , and public happiness advanced ; of increased revenue , and ...
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... authority of the parent state . Enough was still left , both of law and of organiza- tion , to conduct society in its accustomed course , and to unite men together for a common object . The Greeks , of course , could act wtih little ...
... authority of the parent state . Enough was still left , both of law and of organiza- tion , to conduct society in its accustomed course , and to unite men together for a common object . The Greeks , of course , could act wtih little ...
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... authority of the parent state existed over them , yet a large field of legislation had always been open to our Colonial assemblies . They were accustomed to representative bodies and forms of free gov- ernment SELECTIONS FROM WEBSTER . 55.
... authority of the parent state existed over them , yet a large field of legislation had always been open to our Colonial assemblies . They were accustomed to representative bodies and forms of free gov- ernment SELECTIONS FROM WEBSTER . 55.
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... authority with the world . If , in our case , the representa- tive system ultimately fail , popular governments must be pronounced impossible . No combination of circumstances more favorable to the experiment can ever be expected to ...
... authority with the world . If , in our case , the representa- tive system ultimately fail , popular governments must be pronounced impossible . No combination of circumstances more favorable to the experiment can ever be expected to ...
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Page 456 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 443 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 451 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 2. The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4. No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 453 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. " Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Page 457 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 465 - I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that in withdrawing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible...
Page 447 - The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside : And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Page 338 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 473 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 151 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.