American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - Počet stran: 772 |
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Strana 74
... candidates are selected at national party con- ventions , institutions wholly unknown to federal law ; the electors are figureheads selected by the parties and bound to obey party commands ; and the voters merely have the right to ...
... candidates are selected at national party con- ventions , institutions wholly unknown to federal law ; the electors are figureheads selected by the parties and bound to obey party commands ; and the voters merely have the right to ...
Strana 102
... candidates who are in a fair degree of harmony with one another , and who , if elected , can work con- sistently together to carry out the will of the voters expressed at the ballot - box . In the third place , the American system of ...
... candidates who are in a fair degree of harmony with one another , and who , if elected , can work con- sistently together to carry out the will of the voters expressed at the ballot - box . In the third place , the American system of ...
Strana 107
... candidates . In the third presidential election the party alignment was complete . Jefferson , the leader of the Anti - Federalists , was roundly de- nounced as an atheist and leveller , while Adams , the Federalist candidate , was ...
... candidates . In the third presidential election the party alignment was complete . Jefferson , the leader of the Anti - Federalists , was roundly de- nounced as an atheist and leveller , while Adams , the Federalist candidate , was ...
Strana 108
... candidate for the presi- dency in the election of 1800 , made a respectable showing - poll- ing 65 electoral votes against the 73 received by Jefferson ; but in the next election the Federalists were completely humiliated , their candidate ...
... candidate for the presi- dency in the election of 1800 , made a respectable showing - poll- ing 65 electoral votes against the 73 received by Jefferson ; but in the next election the Federalists were completely humiliated , their candidate ...
Strana 113
... candidate in 1832 , only to meet certain defeat ; and it enjoyed only two brief triumphs . In 1840 it elected William Henry Harrison , a popular hero , without having made any declaration of principles at all ; and after the second ...
... candidate in 1832 , only to meet certain defeat ; and it enjoyed only two brief triumphs . In 1840 it elected William Henry Harrison , a popular hero , without having made any declaration of principles at all ; and after the second ...
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Strana 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Strana 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Strana 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Strana 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Strana 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Strana 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Strana 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Strana 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Strana 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Strana 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.