A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof: Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General ReadersHarper & brothers, 1840 - 372 էջ "Containing a brief commentary on every clause, explaining the true nature, reasons, and objects thereof ; designed for the use of school libraries and general readers ; with an appendix, containing important public documents, illustrative of the Constitution."--T.p. |
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... duties and difficulties of so- cial life . But , I think , that it will be found , upon closer examination , that an objection of this sort can properly apply to very few passages in the Work ; and that even those , which fal ! within ...
... duties and difficulties of so- cial life . But , I think , that it will be found , upon closer examination , that an objection of this sort can properly apply to very few passages in the Work ; and that even those , which fal ! within ...
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... Duties of the President , 170 CHAPTER XXX . The Judicial Department , 179 · CHAPTER XXXI . Powers and Jurisdiction of the Judiciary , CHAPTER XXXII . Trial by Jury , and its Incidents . — Definition of - Treason , CHAPTER XXXIII ...
... Duties of the President , 170 CHAPTER XXX . The Judicial Department , 179 · CHAPTER XXXI . Powers and Jurisdiction of the Judiciary , CHAPTER XXXII . Trial by Jury , and its Incidents . — Definition of - Treason , CHAPTER XXXIII ...
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... duties ; and both the Governor and the Council held their offices during the pleasure of the Crown . The commissions also contained authority to the Governor to convene a general assembly of the representatives of the freeholders and ...
... duties ; and both the Governor and the Council held their offices during the pleasure of the Crown . The commissions also contained authority to the Governor to convene a general assembly of the representatives of the freeholders and ...
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... duties . They obeyed , when it was convenient , and cared little for persuasions , and less for conscientious obligations . The wonder is , not that such a schetne of government should fail ; but , that it should have been capable even ...
... duties . They obeyed , when it was convenient , and cared little for persuasions , and less for conscientious obligations . The wonder is , not that such a schetne of government should fail ; but , that it should have been capable even ...
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... duties , necessarily construe the instrument . But , if the case admits of judicial cognizance , every citizen has a right to contest the validity of that construction before the proper judicial tribunal ; and to bring it to the test of ...
... duties , necessarily construe the instrument . But , if the case admits of judicial cognizance , every citizen has a right to contest the validity of that construction before the proper judicial tribunal ; and to bring it to the test of ...
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Էջ 337 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 286 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State...
Էջ 294 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Էջ 287 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Էջ 309 - ... employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Էջ 282 - ... united states in congress assembled can be consulted nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which...
Էջ 321 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Էջ 308 - ... and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services, faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging...
Էջ 311 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. In this sense it is, that your union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Էջ 282 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.