History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 ページ |
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... relating to foreign commerce and foreign intercourse , was found to be essential , as well for the reputation of the country with other nations , as for the present peace and future prosperity of the United States . Insurrection had al ...
... relating to foreign commerce and foreign intercourse , was found to be essential , as well for the reputation of the country with other nations , as for the present peace and future prosperity of the United States . Insurrection had al ...
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... relating to their internal police . The Convention was called " for the purpose of revising the articles of the Confederation , and for reporting to the several legislatures , such alterations and provisions therein , as should , when ...
... relating to their internal police . The Convention was called " for the purpose of revising the articles of the Confederation , and for reporting to the several legislatures , such alterations and provisions therein , as should , when ...
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... subject ; and was extremely anxious to prepare a bill as perfect as possible . A letter of his , relating to this bill , at the time , is before me . the legislature expressed no opinion , as to that point 22 [ 1789 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT .
... subject ; and was extremely anxious to prepare a bill as perfect as possible . A letter of his , relating to this bill , at the time , is before me . the legislature expressed no opinion , as to that point 22 [ 1789 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT .
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... relating to the tenure of their office . There was a long discussion on the subject , which called forth the abilities of the most eminent states- men and speakers in the House of Representatives . It was contended , by those who ...
... relating to the tenure of their office . There was a long discussion on the subject , which called forth the abilities of the most eminent states- men and speakers in the House of Representatives . It was contended , by those who ...
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... relating to the fiscal concerns of the country , presented important . plans and measures for the consideration of Congress . And though the report was finally approved , as to its prin- ciples and outlines , much time was consumed in ...
... relating to the fiscal concerns of the country , presented important . plans and measures for the consideration of Congress . And though the report was finally approved , as to its prin- ciples and outlines , much time was consumed in ...
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459 ページ - ... 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 maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
87 ページ - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
446 ページ - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
462 ページ - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
16 ページ - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
17 ページ - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
15 ページ - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
457 ページ - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
458 ページ - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
311 ページ - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.