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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To do an act by law, obviously and indisputably means to pass a law, which will
unequivocally, directly, and certainly effect the desired object. The legislative
power granted in the constitution, and by it vested in Congress, is mot, and
cannot, ...
To do an act by law, obviously and indisputably means to pass a law, which will
unequivocally, directly, and certainly effect the desired object. The legislative
power granted in the constitution, and by it vested in Congress, is mot, and
cannot, ...
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... the means of securing obedience and compliance? Can a State legislature, as
a body, or the members individually who compose it, for refusing to execute the
mandate, be placed in durance as recusants? Can they be made liable to ...
... the means of securing obedience and compliance? Can a State legislature, as
a body, or the members individually who compose it, for refusing to execute the
mandate, be placed in durance as recusants? Can they be made liable to ...
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... members of the House of Representatives shall be elected from single districts;
but fails to secure the division of the States into districts—provides no means of
enforcing the will of Congress—prepares no details for the execution of the plan.
... members of the House of Representatives shall be elected from single districts;
but fails to secure the division of the States into districts—provides no means of
enforcing the will of Congress—prepares no details for the execution of the plan.
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Our ancestors, in the formation of our government, provided the means by which
we should appoint our agents. The power and the means by which we appoint
our political agents or representatives, is called the elective franchise. To define
all ...
Our ancestors, in the formation of our government, provided the means by which
we should appoint our agents. The power and the means by which we appoint
our political agents or representatives, is called the elective franchise. To define
all ...
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... had a presentiment of the possibility of the abuse of the elective franchise, in
the very manner and by the very means by which it has been violated: hence they
reserved the means to the federal Congress of preventing such an evil. . H hold ...
... had a presentiment of the possibility of the abuse of the elective franchise, in
the very manner and by the very means by which it has been violated: hence they
reserved the means to the federal Congress of preventing such an evil. . H hold ...
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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...