The National Political ManualE. B. Treat, 1872 - 418 pages |
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... Senate and House of Representa- tives . § II . - 1 . The House of Representatives shall be ន composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States ; and the electors in cach State shall have the ...
... Senate and House of Representa- tives . § II . - 1 . The House of Representatives shall be ន composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States ; and the electors in cach State shall have the ...
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... Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each State , chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of ...
... Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each State , chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of ...
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... Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be equally divided . " 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers , and also a president pro tempore in the absence of the Vice - President , or when he shall exercise the office of ...
... Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be equally divided . " 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers , and also a president pro tempore in the absence of the Vice - President , or when he shall exercise the office of ...
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... days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting . § VI . - 1 . The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services , to be ascer- 22 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
... days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting . § VI . - 1 . The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services , to be ascer- 22 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
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... senator or representative shall , during the time for which he was elected , be appointed to any civil office under the ... Senate shall , before it becomes a law , be presented to the President of the United States ; if he approve , he ...
... senator or representative shall , during the time for which he was elected , be appointed to any civil office under the ... Senate shall , before it becomes a law , be presented to the President of the United States ; if he approve , he ...
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Page 51 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 34 - States. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 20 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 27 - ... 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 74 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 33 - ... 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 203 - 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 223 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 222 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth...
Page 196 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.