The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page liv
... legislative policy of 1838. He recommended that measures should be adopted to secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal , and the completion of the lateral canals , before the year 1845 . The report of Mr. Flagg , the comptroller , who ...
... legislative policy of 1838. He recommended that measures should be adopted to secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal , and the completion of the lateral canals , before the year 1845 . The report of Mr. Flagg , the comptroller , who ...
Page lxi
... legislation , he declined interfering in cases of pure legislative discretion , as has been seen in his action on the New York registry bill , and in his consent , against his own opinions , to the act of 1842 , suspending the public ...
... legislation , he declined interfering in cases of pure legislative discretion , as has been seen in his action on the New York registry bill , and in his consent , against his own opinions , to the act of 1842 , suspending the public ...
Page lxiv
... legislation of a par- ticular state , but such as were mala in sese - crimes which could be determined by some common standard , as the concurrent sense of the several states - the common law received by them all alike , or the ...
... legislation of a par- ticular state , but such as were mala in sese - crimes which could be determined by some common standard , as the concurrent sense of the several states - the common law received by them all alike , or the ...
Page lxxxiii
... legislation to county boards of supervisors , instead of the legislature at Albany . It would , moreover , permit an attempt to extend the right of suffrage , without a freehold qualification , to the African race . of Gov. Seward were ...
... legislation to county boards of supervisors , instead of the legislature at Albany . It would , moreover , permit an attempt to extend the right of suffrage , without a freehold qualification , to the African race . of Gov. Seward were ...
Page lxxxv
... legislation , " the law which governs all law - the law of our Creator , the law of humanity , justice , equity , the law of nature and of nations . " Nor will it be doubted , that in case of a conflict between divine and human law , we ...
... legislation , " the law which governs all law - the law of our Creator , the law of humanity , justice , equity , the law of nature and of nations . " Nor will it be doubted , that in case of a conflict between divine and human law , we ...
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