Pamphlets. American History, Հատոր 51836 |
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Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... considered by the founders of the Constitution of the United States , in which it was stipulated that Congress should not interfere , in that way , with the institution , prior to the year 1808 . ; slavery in the States , they would not ...
... considered by the founders of the Constitution of the United States , in which it was stipulated that Congress should not interfere , in that way , with the institution , prior to the year 1808 . ; slavery in the States , they would not ...
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... considered that this victory- over twelve hundred men , with the capture of their com- mander , the President of the Mexican Republic , has al- ready achieved the conquest of the whole Republic . That it may have achieved the ...
... considered that this victory- over twelve hundred men , with the capture of their com- mander , the President of the Mexican Republic , has al- ready achieved the conquest of the whole Republic . That it may have achieved the ...
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... considered . Had it been the pleasure of the House to indulge the call , or to allow me the privilege of assigning my reasons for my vote on the resolution this morning , the remarks that I have now made might have been deemed more ...
... considered . Had it been the pleasure of the House to indulge the call , or to allow me the privilege of assigning my reasons for my vote on the resolution this morning , the remarks that I have now made might have been deemed more ...
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... considered moderate . This , it must be recollected , was purely an executive war - a war commenced and waged entirely at execu- tive discretion . Congress was only appealed to , from time to time , to vote the sums of money which were ...
... considered moderate . This , it must be recollected , was purely an executive war - a war commenced and waged entirely at execu- tive discretion . Congress was only appealed to , from time to time , to vote the sums of money which were ...
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... considered it his duty to " regard the constitu- tional limitations of power , and to give the information required would tend to subvert them ; " and this doctrine was acquiesced in by the House . I have already referred to the opinion ...
... considered it his duty to " regard the constitu- tional limitations of power , and to give the information required would tend to subvert them ; " and this doctrine was acquiesced in by the House . I have already referred to the opinion ...
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Էջ 4 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the...
Էջ 9 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Էջ 8 - But it is too clear for dispute that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration; for if the language, as understood in that day, would embrace them, the conduct of the distinguished men who framed the Declaration of Independence would have been utterly and flagrantly inconsistent with the principles they asserted; and instead of the sympathy of mankind, to which they so confidently appealed, they would have deserved...
Էջ 8 - The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and if they were used in a similar instrument at this day would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration...
Էջ 9 - No one, we presume, supposes that any change in public opinion or feeling, 'in relation to this unfortunate race, in the civilized nations of Europe or in this country, should induce the court to give to the words of the Constitution a more liberal construction in their favor than they were intended to bear when the instrument was framed and adopted.
Էջ 8 - people of the United States" and "citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They both describe the political body who, according to our republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.
Էջ 16 - You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number and has chosen you as the guardians of freedom to preserve it for the benefit of the human race.
Էջ 14 - Federal Convention, a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from encroachment the great principles of civil and religious liberty, and the inalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said Constitution of Government, ought to be referred by this convention to the other States in the American Confederacy for their consideration.
Էջ 15 - ... the conflict will be a short one, nor success easy. My humble efforts have not been spared, during my administration of the government, to restore the constitutional currency of gold and silver; and something, I trust, has been done towards the accomplishment of this most desirable object.
Էջ 8 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.