Eloquence of the United States, Svazek 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... ; it follows , that un- less an express authority can be found , vesting us with the power , be the evil ever so great , it can only be re- medied by the several states , who have never delegat- 6 MR . LIVINGSTON'S SPEECH.
... ; it follows , that un- less an express authority can be found , vesting us with the power , be the evil ever so great , it can only be re- medied by the several states , who have never delegat- 6 MR . LIVINGSTON'S SPEECH.
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medied by the several states , who have never delegat- ed the authority to Congress . We must legislate upon facts , not on surmises : wo must have evidence , not vague suspicions , if we mean to legislate with prudence . What facts ...
medied by the several states , who have never delegat- ed the authority to Congress . We must legislate upon facts , not on surmises : wo must have evidence , not vague suspicions , if we mean to legislate with prudence . What facts ...
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... authority , will receive only to punish him— and all this , we are told , is no punishment ! So manifest do these violations of the constitution appear to me , so futile the arguments in their defence , that they press seriously on my ...
... authority , will receive only to punish him— and all this , we are told , is no punishment ! So manifest do these violations of the constitution appear to me , so futile the arguments in their defence , that they press seriously on my ...
Strana 30
... authority , nor is the House bound by any law to appropriate for their support . That is , they are legal and they are not legal ; they are offices and they are not offices ; and this is the amount of the gentleman's admission , and of ...
... authority , nor is the House bound by any law to appropriate for their support . That is , they are legal and they are not legal ; they are offices and they are not offices ; and this is the amount of the gentleman's admission , and of ...
Strana 32
... authority given by the constitution . The law of nations , as it respects us , has a higher ori- gin , and became binding on us from the moment when we erected ourselves into an independent state , and entered into the pale of civilized ...
... authority given by the constitution . The law of nations , as it respects us , has a higher ori- gin , and became binding on us from the moment when we erected ourselves into an independent state , and entered into the pale of civilized ...
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Strana 67 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 67 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political : peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Strana 303 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then 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...
Strana 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Strana 213 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Strana 119 - 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.
Strana 302 - 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...
Strana 412 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. ,It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Strana 348 - In matters of religion I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the General Government. I have therefore undertaken on no occasion to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it, but have left them, as the Constitution found them, under the direction and discipline of the church or state authorities acknowledged by the several religious societies.
Strana 429 - Union are virtually dissolved ; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.