Democracy in the United States: What it Has Done, what it is Doing, and what it Will Do |
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... Government , . 384 139. Our Public Debt , 389 140. A New Department of the Government , 392 141. The Sedition Laws of 1798 revived , 394 142. Conclusion , 396 143. Appendix . - Constitution of the United States , 144. Appendix No. 2 ...
... Government , . 384 139. Our Public Debt , 389 140. A New Department of the Government , 392 141. The Sedition Laws of 1798 revived , 394 142. Conclusion , 396 143. Appendix . - Constitution of the United States , 144. Appendix No. 2 ...
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... GOVERNMENT . FORMS of government have been undergoing changes since the first peopling of the world , commencing with the patriarchs . Nearly every form has been tried , in almost every country , with ever - varying success . We have ...
... GOVERNMENT . FORMS of government have been undergoing changes since the first peopling of the world , commencing with the patriarchs . Nearly every form has been tried , in almost every country , with ever - varying success . We have ...
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... Government has had several , mostly unmeaning terms arbitrarily applied . Originally " Federalist " meant one who favored the adoption of the Federal Constitution , but was subsequently applied to those who sought by stretching and con ...
... Government has had several , mostly unmeaning terms arbitrarily applied . Originally " Federalist " meant one who favored the adoption of the Federal Constitution , but was subsequently applied to those who sought by stretching and con ...
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... Government are wiser than those of the States , and best know what to compel the peo- ple to do , both as to the passage of laws for their government and regulations for their business . " They assumed to dictate who should be public ...
... Government are wiser than those of the States , and best know what to compel the peo- ple to do , both as to the passage of laws for their government and regulations for their business . " They assumed to dictate who should be public ...
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... Government , through Congress , shall rule them as masters ? The majority of the people went with Jeffer- son , and reëlected him almost unanimously . But , strange to say , the same question , in some form , has ever since been before ...
... Government , through Congress , shall rule them as masters ? The majority of the people went with Jeffer- son , and reëlected him almost unanimously . But , strange to say , the same question , in some form , has ever since been before ...
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Page 22 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 22 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 406 - 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...
Page 169 - It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes, and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth : as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of...
Page 169 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace; but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 108 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 404 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Page 242 - 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 108 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 246 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republican Administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses yon.