...The charge is not of a mistake in the exercise of supposed powers, but of the assumption of powers not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both ; and nothing is suggested to excuse or paluate the turpitude of the act. In the absence of any such...

...criminal intention be not charged in so many words, by this resolution, yet its language, even without tho attendant circumstances, clearly conveys this meaning...." to claim or seize unjustly ? " These are two of tho first meanings of the word assume, according to tho lexicographers. To assume upon one's self,...

...Resolved, That the President, in the late executive proceedings, in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The speech delivered by Mr. Clay, in support of his resolutions, was exasperating to General Jackson...

...relation to the suppression of certain papers in the New York Post Office, has assumed upon nimself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both,' instead of protesting against the charge, you would be compelled to acknowledge its truth, and you...

...presidential guilt of the sort or magnitude requiring impeachment. "It simply affirmed that he had 'assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.' It imputed no criminal motives." Criticizes the friends of the president for introducing the constitutional...

..."Resolved, That the President in the late executive proceeding in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." (Congressional Globe, March 28, 1834: 271) 5. Kent first proposed this amendment on December 24, 1833...

...Senate censured President Jackson for his act of defiance. The Senate resolved that the president had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri dismissed this action as "a mere personal censure — having...

...moneys from the Bank of the United States, the Senate passed a resolution censuring him for assuming a power ' ' not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Two years later, with an administration majority in the Senate, Benton's "expunging resolution" came...

...resolved "that the President in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and the laws but in derogation of boih."41 Jackson's willingness to use the executive power, often in opposition...

...charged that President Andrew Jackson, in his removal of Secretary of the Treasury William J. Duane, had assumed "upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both" (Richardson 1911, 3:69). On April 15, Jackson had sent to the Senate a message of protest, requesting...