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 had been the policy of the Federalists to inspire the opinion, and it was
probably their belief, for selflove is exceedingly credulous of praise, that in their
ranks were all the talents, and all the learning, and all the moral character of the
country; ...
“It had been the policy of the Federalists to inspire the opinion, and it was
probably their belief, for selflove is exceedingly credulous of praise, that in their
ranks were all the talents, and all the learning, and all the moral character of the
country; ...
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But, sir, did Mr. Jefferson ever contemplate the passage of a law to prohibit public
officers from freely expressing their opinions upon all political questions, which
they might think proper to discuss? Did he propose any thing, as a remedy for the
...
But, sir, did Mr. Jefferson ever contemplate the passage of a law to prohibit public
officers from freely expressing their opinions upon all political questions, which
they might think proper to discuss? Did he propose any thing, as a remedy for the
...
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This bill enacts the punishment of innocent and laudable opinions expressed by
the citizen, if he happens to be a public officer. Sir, no honorable man would
accept appointment if this bill should become a law. No man of character, no
freeman ...
This bill enacts the punishment of innocent and laudable opinions expressed by
the citizen, if he happens to be a public officer. Sir, no honorable man would
accept appointment if this bill should become a law. No man of character, no
freeman ...
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Sir, under the preence of preserving the purity of clections, this bill is Ipable attack
upon the freedom of sentiment g- ** 3. C. T; and opinion. Does the Constitution, in
broadly and unqualifiedly prohibiting Congress from abridging the freedom of ...
Sir, under the preence of preserving the purity of clections, this bill is Ipable attack
upon the freedom of sentiment g- ** 3. C. T; and opinion. Does the Constitution, in
broadly and unqualifiedly prohibiting Congress from abridging the freedom of ...
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Resolved, That all the members of this House (excepting the two contested cases
from Virginia, upon which no opinion is hereby expressed) have been elected in
conformity with the constitution and laws, and are entitled to their seats in this ...
Resolved, That all the members of this House (excepting the two contested cases
from Virginia, upon which no opinion is hereby expressed) have been elected in
conformity with the constitution and laws, and are entitled to their seats in this ...
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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...