Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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Page 76
... majority must govern ; from which there is or can be no appeal but to the sword . That majority ought to govern wisely , equitably , moderately , and constitutionally , but govern it must , subject only to that terrible appeal . If ever ...
... majority must govern ; from which there is or can be no appeal but to the sword . That majority ought to govern wisely , equitably , moderately , and constitutionally , but govern it must , subject only to that terrible appeal . If ever ...
Page 84
... majority of all the votes are chosen . The electors of a majority of States may have given their votes for one candidate and yet another may be chosen . The people , then , and not the States , are represented in the executive branch ...
... majority of all the votes are chosen . The electors of a majority of States may have given their votes for one candidate and yet another may be chosen . The people , then , and not the States , are represented in the executive branch ...
Page 93
... majority here can , at their pleasure , change the very character of the Government . The President might come to be invested with authority to make all laws which his discretion might dictate . It is vain to tell me ( said Mr. T ...
... majority here can , at their pleasure , change the very character of the Government . The President might come to be invested with authority to make all laws which his discretion might dictate . It is vain to tell me ( said Mr. T ...
Page 95
... majority shall pass this bill they must do it on their own responsibility ; I will have no part in it . When gentlemen recount the blessings of union ; when they dwell upon the past , and sketch out , in bright perspective , the future ...
... majority shall pass this bill they must do it on their own responsibility ; I will have no part in it . When gentlemen recount the blessings of union ; when they dwell upon the past , and sketch out , in bright perspective , the future ...
Page 97
... majority , must habitually be possessed of the powers of the Government , both in this and in the other House ; and , being governed by that instinctive love of power so natural to the human breast , they must become the advocates of ...
... majority , must habitually be possessed of the powers of the Government , both in this and in the other House ; and , being governed by that instinctive love of power so natural to the human breast , they must become the advocates of ...
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