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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Did he propose any thing, as a remedy for the evil, more than the exertion of a
moral influence, the menace of Executive displeasure, to restrain the public
officers from improper interference in elections? Did the report of the Senator
from ...
Did he propose any thing, as a remedy for the evil, more than the exertion of a
moral influence, the menace of Executive displeasure, to restrain the public
officers from improper interference in elections? Did the report of the Senator
from ...
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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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The bill, sir, is the thing upon which the Senate has to give its vote, and the
people to pronounce their judgment. The report will take care of itself. It is but a
fair, forcible, and triumphant commentary on the bill, and will prove an
extinguisher to it.
The bill, sir, is the thing upon which the Senate has to give its vote, and the
people to pronounce their judgment. The report will take care of itself. It is but a
fair, forcible, and triumphant commentary on the bill, and will prove an
extinguisher to it.
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... of compelling obedience; if there be no compulsatory process which may
attend or follow this measure, then it becomes a vain and nugatory thing,
wherefore there could have been no rightful authority to speak in the language of
command.
... of compelling obedience; if there be no compulsatory process which may
attend or follow this measure, then it becomes a vain and nugatory thing,
wherefore there could have been no rightful authority to speak in the language of
command.
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Holding the election is one thing; whether the elector shall vote for one or all the
representatives is another and very different thing. Whether the elector may vote
for one repreentative or for all, need not affect the manner of holding the election.
Holding the election is one thing; whether the elector shall vote for one or all the
representatives is another and very different thing. Whether the elector may vote
for one repreentative or for all, need not affect the manner of holding the election.
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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...