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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... the President and Vice President shall be chosen by electors appointed in
each State as its Legislature may direct; and that each House shall be the judge
of the elections, returns, and qualifications, not of the voters, but of its own
members.
... the President and Vice President shall be chosen by electors appointed in
each State as its Legislature may direct; and that each House shall be the judge
of the elections, returns, and qualifications, not of the voters, but of its own
members.
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I know not that he has made written stipulations with them, but we must judge the
tree by its fruit; his bears that only which is palatable to them. - The Senator from
South Carolina [Mr. PRESTON] alleges that the principle of this bill is “to prevent
...
I know not that he has made written stipulations with them, but we must judge the
tree by its fruit; his bears that only which is palatable to them. - The Senator from
South Carolina [Mr. PRESTON] alleges that the principle of this bill is “to prevent
...
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"Éhis House is made expressly, by the constitution, the judge of the elections of
its own members. The validity of the elections of the members from four §tates
depends upon the constitutionality, the extent of the obligation, and the nature of
the ...
"Éhis House is made expressly, by the constitution, the judge of the elections of
its own members. The validity of the elections of the members from four §tates
depends upon the constitutionality, the extent of the obligation, and the nature of
the ...
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... consideration such meas. ures as he shall judge necessary and expedient,
does not, in the least, affect their legislative independence. All legislative powers
granted in the constitution are vested in Congress to be exercised. independently
.
... consideration such meas. ures as he shall judge necessary and expedient,
does not, in the least, affect their legislative independence. All legislative powers
granted in the constitution are vested in Congress to be exercised. independently
.
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... to select to guard the purity of the elective franchise, to appear at the throne of
the Judge of the living and the dead, and in His presence and in His name to
bind themselves to permit no unhallowed foot to tread upon that sacred franchise.
... to select to guard the purity of the elective franchise, to appear at the throne of
the Judge of the living and the dead, and in His presence and in His name to
bind themselves to permit no unhallowed foot to tread upon that sacred franchise.
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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...