The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished Characters |
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... chosen spot where happiness springs from a perfect equality of political rights . For myself , therefore , I desire to declare , that the prin- ciple that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me , is a strict ...
... chosen spot where happiness springs from a perfect equality of political rights . For myself , therefore , I desire to declare , that the prin- ciple that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me , is a strict ...
Page 214
... chosen . Apprized of this circumstance , you will judge whether it is not most probable that the peculiar con- dition of that vast interest in these respects , the extent to which it has been spread through all the ramifications of ...
... chosen . Apprized of this circumstance , you will judge whether it is not most probable that the peculiar con- dition of that vast interest in these respects , the extent to which it has been spread through all the ramifications of ...
Page 257
... chosen instrument to correct and re- form all such errors and abuses as had manifested them- selves from time to time in the practical operation of the government . While standing at the threshold of this great work , he has , by the ...
... chosen instrument to correct and re- form all such errors and abuses as had manifested them- selves from time to time in the practical operation of the government . While standing at the threshold of this great work , he has , by the ...
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... chosen by the government , and twenty by the citizen stockholders . From all voice in these elections , the foreign stockholders are excluded by the charter . In pro- portion , therefore , as the stock is transferred to foreign holders ...
... chosen by the government , and twenty by the citizen stockholders . From all voice in these elections , the foreign stockholders are excluded by the charter . In pro- portion , therefore , as the stock is transferred to foreign holders ...
Page 336
... chosen by the legislatures of the several states , for the term of six years , one third of them being elected biennially . The Vice - President of the United States is the President of the Senate , in which body he has only a casting ...
... chosen by the legislatures of the several states , for the term of six years , one third of them being elected biennially . The Vice - President of the United States is the President of the Senate , in which body he has only a casting ...
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