 Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ; but upon a combination of these, with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.  The Trial of the Constitution - Page 94by Sidney George Fisher - 1862 - 391 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Europe - 1811 - 584 pages
...present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil polity, are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies;...There ought to be a capacity to provide for future contingeucies, as they may happen, and as thcse are illimitable in thcir nature, so it is impossible... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1828 - 760 pages
...government are nut to be framed upon * calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of them, with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs." On another page of the same number, the writer says, " It is true that several of the States separately... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ;...the extent of any power proper to be lodged in the nationd government, from an estimate of its immediate necessities. There ought to be a CAPACITY to... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ;...of its immediate necessities. There ought to be a CAPACITV to provide for future contingencies, as they may happen ; and as these are illimitable in... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...political arithmetic two and two do not always make four." Constitutions of government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ;...to the natural and tried course of human affairs. There ought to be a capacity to provide for future contingencies, as they may happen; and as these... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 782 pages
...political arithmetic two and two do not always make four." Constitutions of government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ;...these with the probable exigencies of ages, according lo the natural and tried course of human affairs. There ought to be a capacity to provide for future... | |
 | Ralph Randolph Gurley - African Americans - 1835 - 560 pages
...poet: Homo turn, hvmani nihil a me tdiemum jmio."—BACON. too wise not to know, that nothing- could be more "fallacious than to infer the extent of any...Government from an estimate of its immediate necessities." They knew "that there ought to be a CAPACITY to provide for future contingencies, as they might happen;... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ;...according to the natural and tried course of human aflairs. Nothing, therefore, can be more fallacious, than to infer the extent of any power proper to... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil government, are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies;...according to the natural and tried course of human affairNothing, therefore, can be more fallacious, than to infer the extent of any power proper to be... | |
 | Newton Crain Blanchard - Flood control - 1890 - 44 pages
...objects of the charter. Constitutions of government— Says Story (volume 1, page 655)— are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exige nces of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs. There ought to be a... | |
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