Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; Or, The "founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ. W. Bradley, 1860 - 495 էջ |
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Էջ 110
... existence . This important consideration , se- riously and deeply impressed on our minds , led each State in the Convention to be less rigid in points of inferior mag- nitude than might have been otherwise expected . And thus 110 THE ...
... existence . This important consideration , se- riously and deeply impressed on our minds , led each State in the Convention to be less rigid in points of inferior mag- nitude than might have been otherwise expected . And thus 110 THE ...
Էջ 119
... existence within the jurisdic- tion of the United States , and for millions of people yet unborn ; a system of government , not for a nation of slaves , but for a people as free and virtuous as any on earth ; not for a conquered nation ...
... existence within the jurisdic- tion of the United States , and for millions of people yet unborn ; a system of government , not for a nation of slaves , but for a people as free and virtuous as any on earth ; not for a conquered nation ...
Էջ 127
... existence ? If the State govern- ments find this power necessary , ought not the general government to have a similar power ? But , sir , there is no State check in this business . The gentleman near me has shown that there is a very ...
... existence ? If the State govern- ments find this power necessary , ought not the general government to have a similar power ? But , sir , there is no State check in this business . The gentleman near me has shown that there is a very ...
Էջ 150
... existence on experiments ? No , sir ; if we are to make experiments , rather let them be such as may do good , but which cannot possibly do any in- jury to us or our posterity . So far from having any expectation of success from such ...
... existence on experiments ? No , sir ; if we are to make experiments , rather let them be such as may do good , but which cannot possibly do any in- jury to us or our posterity . So far from having any expectation of success from such ...
Էջ 184
... existence and the public happiness . That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily de- clare , that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties , as limited by the ...
... existence and the public happiness . That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily de- clare , that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties , as limited by the ...
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Էջ 184 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for...
Էջ 440 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Էջ 35 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Էջ 35 - State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States...
Էջ 176 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Էջ 177 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Էջ 451 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Էջ 110 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Էջ 454 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe my proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Էջ 42 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.