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... principle ; and , as a misapprehension of their rights , in their va- rious complicated relations , at this critical and alarm- ing conjuncture , may lead them into measures of great responsibility , the consequences of which may be ir ...
... principle ; and , as a misapprehension of their rights , in their va- rious complicated relations , at this critical and alarm- ing conjuncture , may lead them into measures of great responsibility , the consequences of which may be ir ...
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... principle . What , perhaps , is of much greater consequence in their own opinion , their oath is rejected as unworthy of belief in a court of jus- tice , and they are trusted by nobody . Not by a prudent man , because honor is a base ...
... principle . What , perhaps , is of much greater consequence in their own opinion , their oath is rejected as unworthy of belief in a court of jus- tice , and they are trusted by nobody . Not by a prudent man , because honor is a base ...
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... principles of his host's family , would be merely gratuitous , and the guest could have no just cause of complaint , if such an opportunity were withheld . Since the attempt might be successful in the first instance , and after the ...
... principles of his host's family , would be merely gratuitous , and the guest could have no just cause of complaint , if such an opportunity were withheld . Since the attempt might be successful in the first instance , and after the ...
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... principles however , to infer that an individual has a right to appropriate to himself by the mere act of taking possession , the whole of what was intended by nature for the common use of mankind , or of so many as might from nearness ...
... principles however , to infer that an individual has a right to appropriate to himself by the mere act of taking possession , the whole of what was intended by nature for the common use of mankind , or of so many as might from nearness ...
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... principle that no man can appropriate any thing , with- out the consent , express or tacit , of all mankind ; and that , as no man would have given such express consent , if he should thereby reduce himself to a state of extreme ...
... principle that no man can appropriate any thing , with- out the consent , express or tacit , of all mankind ; and that , as no man would have given such express consent , if he should thereby reduce himself to a state of extreme ...
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Էջ 78 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Էջ 89 - ... 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Էջ 76 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Էջ 88 - 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 74 - States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Էջ 322 - It may in its consequence affect every freeman that lives under a British government on the main continent of America. It is the best cause; it is the cause of liberty; and I make no doubt but your upright conduct this day will not only entitle you to the love and esteem of your...
Էջ 85 - SEC. iv. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government; and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. ARTICLE V. The Congress, whenever...
Էջ 371 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
Էջ 85 - State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Էջ 86 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.