The Political Grammar of the United States, Or, A Complete View of the Theory and Practice of the General and State Governments, with the Relations Between ThenWiley and Long, New-York, Russell, Shattuck & Company, Boston, H.F. Sumner & Company, Hartford, Ct., Desilver, Thomas & Company, Philadelphia, Cushing & Sons, Baltimore, S. Babcock & Sons, Charleston, S.C., and Corey & Webster, Cincinnati, 1836 - United States - 292 pages |
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... Amendments , Arms , right of the people to bear , Arrest , privilege from , Bill of Attainder , Bills of Credit , • • B Bills for Revenue , where must originate , Bail , excessive , • • Bounty Land Office , SECTION . 238 89,90 628 548 ...
... Amendments , Arms , right of the people to bear , Arrest , privilege from , Bill of Attainder , Bills of Credit , • • B Bills for Revenue , where must originate , Bail , excessive , • • Bounty Land Office , SECTION . 238 89,90 628 548 ...
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... amendments , it finally received , and all the states , eventually assenting to its provisions , became members of the Union . In 1789 it went into practical operation , and from that period to this , more than forty years , has ...
... amendments , it finally received , and all the states , eventually assenting to its provisions , became members of the Union . In 1789 it went into practical operation , and from that period to this , more than forty years , has ...
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... amendments . Article 1st . Relates to the Legislative Power . Article 2d . To the Executive Power . Article 3d . To the Judicial Power . 1 Pitkin's Civil Hist . p . 219 . 1 See Journals of Congress . 1 Connecticut is now 42 CONSTITUTION OF.
... amendments . Article 1st . Relates to the Legislative Power . Article 2d . To the Executive Power . Article 3d . To the Judicial Power . 1 Pitkin's Civil Hist . p . 219 . 1 See Journals of Congress . 1 Connecticut is now 42 CONSTITUTION OF.
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... amendment , passed by the constitu- tional number of States in 1801 , which we shall pres- ently recite . That ... amendment of the Constitution prescribing the present mode of election . The following is the amendment : The § 292 ...
... amendment , passed by the constitu- tional number of States in 1801 , which we shall pres- ently recite . That ... amendment of the Constitution prescribing the present mode of election . The following is the amendment : The § 292 ...
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Edward Deering Mansfield. The following is the amendment : The § 292. 12th Amendment to the Constitution . electors shall meet in their respective states , and vote by ballot for President and Vice - President , one of whom at least ...
Edward Deering Mansfield. The following is the amendment : The § 292. 12th Amendment to the Constitution . electors shall meet in their respective states , and vote by ballot for President and Vice - President , one of whom at least ...
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Page 193 - 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 182 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
Page 191 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART.
Page 181 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 167 - ... 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 170 - Congress shall make. 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 184 - 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 toward all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Page 182 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this is one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 180 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Page 179 - Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it! To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment.