Eloquence of the United States, Հատոր 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... gentlemen are at fault ; they cannot even show a suspicion why aliens ought to be suspected . We have , indeed , been told , that the fate of Venice , Switzerland and Batavia , was produc- ed by the interference of foreigners . But the ...
... gentlemen are at fault ; they cannot even show a suspicion why aliens ought to be suspected . We have , indeed , been told , that the fate of Venice , Switzerland and Batavia , was produc- ed by the interference of foreigners . But the ...
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... gentlemen seriously to reflect , before they pro- nounce the decisive vote , that gives the first open stab to the principles of our government . Our mistaken zeal , like the patriarch of old , has bound one victim ; it lies at the foot ...
... gentlemen seriously to reflect , before they pro- nounce the decisive vote , that gives the first open stab to the principles of our government . Our mistaken zeal , like the patriarch of old , has bound one victim ; it lies at the foot ...
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... gentleman , ( Mr. Gallatin , ) prefaced his obser- vations by declaring , that the amendment under con- sideration went no further than to reduce the salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand ...
... gentleman , ( Mr. Gallatin , ) prefaced his obser- vations by declaring , that the amendment under con- sideration went no further than to reduce the salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand ...
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... Gentlemen do not pretend that nine thousand dollars is too much for a minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon or Berlin ; on that ground we should cheerfully meet them , and agree to a reduction of the salary , if it should appear to be too ...
... Gentlemen do not pretend that nine thousand dollars is too much for a minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon or Berlin ; on that ground we should cheerfully meet them , and agree to a reduction of the salary , if it should appear to be too ...
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... gentleman from Vir- ginia immediately consented to modify his amendment , so as to leave a minister plenipotentiary at Madrid . From which it would appear most evidently , if we did not know it before , that gentlemen care not how many ...
... gentleman from Vir- ginia immediately consented to modify his amendment , so as to leave a minister plenipotentiary at Madrid . From which it would appear most evidently , if we did not know it before , that gentlemen care not how many ...
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Էջ 80 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Էջ 323 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Էջ 4 - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Էջ 81 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Էջ 233 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Էջ 424 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Էջ 139 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Էջ 322 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Էջ 372 - I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
Էջ 82 - ... these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.