SPEECH OF MR. NORVELL, OF MICHIGAN, OF THE BILL OF MR. CRITTENDEN TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTIAN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS |
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For the better encouragement of political informers, onehalf of the fine is to be
paid as a reward for the discoveries and disclosures of that honorable description
of spies upon the words and actions of their fellow-citizens. Shocking, sir, as this
...
For the better encouragement of political informers, onehalf of the fine is to be
paid as a reward for the discoveries and disclosures of that honorable description
of spies upon the words and actions of their fellow-citizens. Shocking, sir, as this
...
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A design was formed to forestall the judgment of this House, and preclude
members elected to the 28th Congress from taking their seats. Yes, (said Mr. D.)
the 27th Congress actually attempted to anticipate the action: of this House, and
to ...
A design was formed to forestall the judgment of this House, and preclude
members elected to the 28th Congress from taking their seats. Yes, (said Mr. D.)
the 27th Congress actually attempted to anticipate the action: of this House, and
to ...
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The action requisite under the constitution is unqualified; it is not restricted or
limited; it is not contingent; it is not made dependent on other authority. Whilst,
then, the constitution unequivocally commands the legislature of each State to ...
The action requisite under the constitution is unqualified; it is not restricted or
limited; it is not contingent; it is not made dependent on other authority. Whilst,
then, the constitution unequivocally commands the legislature of each State to ...
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The action of a body may be independent, although its acts may be subject to
revijal and alteration by another tribunal. The exertion of a power may be free
and uncontrolled, and yet the results may be changed or modified by some other
...
The action of a body may be independent, although its acts may be subject to
revijal and alteration by another tribunal. The exertion of a power may be free
and uncontrolled, and yet the results may be changed or modified by some other
...
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-oise of this power, independent of Congress; and, as the power of Congress was
secondary, and its action ultimate, it followed conclusively that the latter could not
prescribe a rule or issue on order or command obligatory on the former.
-oise of this power, independent of Congress; and, as the power of Congress was
secondary, and its action ultimate, it followed conclusively that the latter could not
prescribe a rule or issue on order or command obligatory on the former.
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ADDRESS OF CHARLES H. ALLEN TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1900 |
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Էջ 16 - Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of the said states, or territory, the person to whom such labor, or service, may be due, his agent, or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing, or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Էջ 16 - That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Էջ 16 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slaveholding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude. The full recognition of this right and title was indispensable to the security of this species of property in all the slaveholding states; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of their domestic...