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... present Constitution , which had been adopted by a convention and ratified by the requi- site number of States , went into operation . POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AT DECENNIAL PERIODS . White Cens's Years . Persons . Free . Total ...
... present Constitution , which had been adopted by a convention and ratified by the requi- site number of States , went into operation . POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AT DECENNIAL PERIODS . White Cens's Years . Persons . Free . Total ...
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... present King of Great Britain is a his- tory of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having , in direct object , the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world ...
... present King of Great Britain is a his- tory of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having , in direct object , the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world ...
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... Presents shall come , We , the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our names , send greeting- Whereas , the Delegates of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , did , on the 15th day of November , in the year ...
... Presents shall come , We , the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our names , send greeting- Whereas , the Delegates of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , did , on the 15th day of November , in the year ...
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... present , emolument , office or title of any kind what- ever from any King , Prince , or Foreign State ; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled , or any of them , grant any title of nobility . No two or more States shall ...
... present , emolument , office or title of any kind what- ever from any King , Prince , or Foreign State ; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled , or any of them , grant any title of nobility . No two or more States shall ...
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... present a petition to Congress , stating the mat- ter in question , and praying for a hearing , notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress , to the legislative or execu- tive authority of the other State in controversy , and a ...
... present a petition to Congress , stating the mat- ter in question , and praying for a hearing , notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress , to the legislative or execu- tive authority of the other State in controversy , and a ...
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Page 16 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defense of such State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only...
Page 54 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 17 - ... to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, Congress shall name three persons out of each of the United States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one...
Page 99 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 55 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 64 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Page 54 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 59 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Page 83 - 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 90 - No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.