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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It is to be deplored as a blot upon the character of a great roon, as a precedent
which strikes at the foundation of political morality, and as a weapon in the hand
of those who would destroy all confidence in the honesty of public men.
It is to be deplored as a blot upon the character of a great roon, as a precedent
which strikes at the foundation of political morality, and as a weapon in the hand
of those who would destroy all confidence in the honesty of public men.
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... here occupied a responsible condition to the country. On one hand, they
desired to avoid the imputation of illiberality to their opponents, and a design to
evade this question, and to suppress discussion; on the other hand, they felt it to
...
... here occupied a responsible condition to the country. On one hand, they
desired to avoid the imputation of illiberality to their opponents, and a design to
evade this question, and to suppress discussion; on the other hand, they felt it to
...
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A monarchical government is that which concen. trates all power, legislative,
judicial, and ministerial, in the hands of a ... obedience to the laws which they
have no hand in making, and submission and obedience to the adjudication of
laws, ...
A monarchical government is that which concen. trates all power, legislative,
judicial, and ministerial, in the hands of a ... obedience to the laws which they
have no hand in making, and submission and obedience to the adjudication of
laws, ...
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Though our government is a representative damocracy, yet all power is in the
hands of the people; and their representatives are but their agents, bound by
their will, responsible to ... They walk hand in hand together; they live together;
they die ...
Though our government is a representative damocracy, yet all power is in the
hands of the people; and their representatives are but their agents, bound by
their will, responsible to ... They walk hand in hand together; they live together;
they die ...
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The judges are sworn to receive no vote from the hand of any one not entitled to
a vote within the precinct, and to reject all votes from persons living without the
precinct, whether citizens of the State or the United States, or not. The object of ...
The judges are sworn to receive no vote from the hand of any one not entitled to
a vote within the precinct, and to reject all votes from persons living without the
precinct, whether citizens of the State or the United States, or not. The object of ...
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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...