Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A Senator in Congress Fronm the State of MississippiJ. B. Smith & Company, 1859 - 614 էջ |
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... person performing it is objec- tionable to the gentleman , and this furnishes ample reason , in his judg- ment , for violating the plighted faith of the nation , and disregarding the positive right of an officer of government . If the ...
... person performing it is objec- tionable to the gentleman , and this furnishes ample reason , in his judg- ment , for violating the plighted faith of the nation , and disregarding the positive right of an officer of government . If the ...
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... person of their representa- tives , may alter , amend , or abolish it , at pleasure . And this , sir , seems to be in accordance with the spirit and meaning of our free institutions . But a bank presents the singular anomaly of a ...
... person of their representa- tives , may alter , amend , or abolish it , at pleasure . And this , sir , seems to be in accordance with the spirit and meaning of our free institutions . But a bank presents the singular anomaly of a ...
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... persons to pass upon the law and the facts of his case , and after conviction , punishment should seldom be arrested by executive clemency . Perhaps the only safe rule would be to pardon only when the discovery of new facts ren- ders it ...
... persons to pass upon the law and the facts of his case , and after conviction , punishment should seldom be arrested by executive clemency . Perhaps the only safe rule would be to pardon only when the discovery of new facts ren- ders it ...
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... persons entitled to subscribe for stock . By the 8th section , subscribers are required to secure their stock by mortgages on real estate and other property , to be in all cases equal to their respective subscriptions ; and this is ...
... persons entitled to subscribe for stock . By the 8th section , subscribers are required to secure their stock by mortgages on real estate and other property , to be in all cases equal to their respective subscriptions ; and this is ...
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... persons who receive fees and perquisites of office , might pay a portion of those receipts to the support of government . Doubtless the legislature may add many other articles to those I have enumerated ; and if after all these there ...
... persons who receive fees and perquisites of office , might pay a portion of those receipts to the support of government . Doubtless the legislature may add many other articles to those I have enumerated ; and if after all these there ...
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Էջ 178 - Mexicans who, in the Territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States...
Էջ 133 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 46 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Էջ 136 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Էջ 483 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Էջ 373 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Էջ 373 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory...
Էջ 538 - White persons of foreign birth, who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.
Էջ 133 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Էջ 465 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...