The New International Encyclopędia, Volume 17Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Congress passed in pursuance thereof . In structure and character it is a rep- resentative , federal , coördinated , elective , congres- sional government . Its representative character consists in the fact that the organization of the ...
... Congress passed in pursuance thereof . In structure and character it is a rep- resentative , federal , coördinated , elective , congres- sional government . Its representative character consists in the fact that the organization of the ...
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... Congress seem quite insignificant , and this disparity seems all the more noticeable when compared with the omnipotence of the British Parliament . But the apparently narrow powers vested in Congress have been rather broad- ly construed ...
... Congress seem quite insignificant , and this disparity seems all the more noticeable when compared with the omnipotence of the British Parliament . But the apparently narrow powers vested in Congress have been rather broad- ly construed ...
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... Congress . The executive power in each State is vested in the Governor , popularly elected for a term ranging from one year in Rhode Island to four years in nineteen States . In a majority of the States - 32 in number - there is a Lieu ...
... Congress . The executive power in each State is vested in the Governor , popularly elected for a term ranging from one year in Rhode Island to four years in nineteen States . In a majority of the States - 32 in number - there is a Lieu ...
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... Congress to raise revenue by taxation to meet the attendant ex- penditures . Congress was therefore forced to rely upon the issue of bills of credit , the proceeds of loans , foreign and domestic , and requisitions upon the various ...
... Congress to raise revenue by taxation to meet the attendant ex- penditures . Congress was therefore forced to rely upon the issue of bills of credit , the proceeds of loans , foreign and domestic , and requisitions upon the various ...
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... Congress in 1791 laid an excise tax upon spirits , which was further extended in 1794 to cover a considerable number of articles . In 1798 a direct tax was levied upon lands , dwelling houses , and slaves . Both the excise and the ...
... Congress in 1791 laid an excise tax upon spirits , which was further extended in 1794 to cover a considerable number of articles . In 1798 a direct tax was levied upon lands , dwelling houses , and slaves . Both the excise and the ...
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Popular passages
Page 383 - ... 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 128 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 142 - We believe that there is one God, whose nature is Love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness.
Page 383 - 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 rightful remedy...
Page 383 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Page 334 - She was the daughter and only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III.
Page 186 - I mean that principle which approves or disapproves of certain actions, not on account of their tending to augment the happiness, nor yet on account of their tending to diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question, but merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve or disapprove of them: holding up that approbation or disapprobation as a sufficient reason for itself, and disclaiming the necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground.
Page 383 - ... by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 245 - He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of queen Anne...
Page 11 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.