Liberty Documents: With Contemporary Exposition and Critical Comments Drawn from Various WritersAlbert Bushnell Hart |
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... tion ; that the public state papers of the nation are among the most important sources for an understanding of the true spirit of past times has been a familiar truth since Dr. Stubbs put forth his immortal volume of Select Charters ...
... tion ; that the public state papers of the nation are among the most important sources for an understanding of the true spirit of past times has been a familiar truth since Dr. Stubbs put forth his immortal volume of Select Charters ...
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... tion of the two sorts of historical material ; and she has further divided the authors whom she uses , according as they wrote at or near the date of the documents , or as they came afterward , and could use the learning that had ...
... tion of the two sorts of historical material ; and she has further divided the authors whom she uses , according as they wrote at or near the date of the documents , or as they came afterward , and could use the learning that had ...
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... tion of the others aforesaid , and not according to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice . 23. Neither a town nor any tenant shall be dis- Distrained = trained to make bridges or embankments , unless compelled . that anciently and ...
... tion of the others aforesaid , and not according to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice . 23. Neither a town nor any tenant shall be dis- Distrained = trained to make bridges or embankments , unless compelled . that anciently and ...
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... tion to fish the sea - coast . any tene in public waters . 17 The purport of this was to prevent en- closures of common fish- ing rights . These wears are now called " kettles " or " kettle- nets " in Kent and Cornwall . local juris ...
... tion to fish the sea - coast . any tene in public waters . 17 The purport of this was to prevent en- closures of common fish- ing rights . These wears are now called " kettles " or " kettle- nets " in Kent and Cornwall . local juris ...
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... tion of the premises , and will distress us , jointly with them , to the utmost of his power ; and we give public and free liberty to any one that shall please to swear to this , and never will hinder any person from taking the same ...
... tion of the premises , and will distress us , jointly with them , to the utmost of his power ; and we give public and free liberty to any one that shall please to swear to this , and never will hinder any person from taking the same ...
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Page 235 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 290 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 254 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Page 294 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 206 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restriction shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property, imported into any State, to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided, also, that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States, or either of them.
Page 209 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Page 211 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands and the states which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants, or either of them, being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed...
Page 293 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Page 297 - 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 296 - 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.