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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+) r.~ ·****§c+©•. In Senate, February 16, 1839—On the bill of Mr. CRITTENDEN
to prevent the interference of certain Federal officers in elections. Mr. NORVELL
rose and said: Before I proceed, Mr. President, to present my views of the bill now
...
+) r.~ ·****§c+©•. In Senate, February 16, 1839—On the bill of Mr. CRITTENDEN
to prevent the interference of certain Federal officers in elections. Mr. NORVELL
rose and said: Before I proceed, Mr. President, to present my views of the bill now
...
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The abuses committed at elections by public officers, during the administration of
the elder Adanas, goaded Mr. Jefferson ... attention to the corrupting influence of
Executive patronage, through the medium of officers of Executive appointment, ...
The abuses committed at elections by public officers, during the administration of
the elder Adanas, goaded Mr. Jefferson ... attention to the corrupting influence of
Executive patronage, through the medium of officers of Executive appointment, ...
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The atrocious injustice, the cruel tyranny, of removals from office, the suffering
wives and children, the starving families of the dismissed officers were forgotten
as things of by-gone days. Memory was bathed in the waters of Lethe, and no ...
The atrocious injustice, the cruel tyranny, of removals from office, the suffering
wives and children, the starving families of the dismissed officers were forgotten
as things of by-gone days. Memory was bathed in the waters of Lethe, and no ...
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Congress can abridge neither the freedom of speech nor of the press, Your
officers, in accepting appointments, do not ... A law of Congress, prohibiting a
public officer from debating political questions with his fellow-citizens, punishing
him with ...
Congress can abridge neither the freedom of speech nor of the press, Your
officers, in accepting appointments, do not ... A law of Congress, prohibiting a
public officer from debating political questions with his fellow-citizens, punishing
him with ...
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But the Senator from Kentucky seems to justify the bill, on the ground that a
distinction exists between the public officers and the citizens, and that the citizen
possesses rights which ought not to belong to the officer. Sir, this argument is not
only ...
But the Senator from Kentucky seems to justify the bill, on the ground that a
distinction exists between the public officers and the citizens, and that the citizen
possesses rights which ought not to belong to the officer. Sir, this argument is not
only ...
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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...