Eloquence of the United States, Volumen2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... Amendment of the Consti- tution of the United States , in the Senate of the United States , December 2 , 1803 , Mr. TAYLOR's Speech on the same subject , in the Se- nate of the United States . December 2 , 1803 , President JEFFERSON'S ...
... Amendment of the Consti- tution of the United States , in the Senate of the United States , December 2 , 1803 , Mr. TAYLOR's Speech on the same subject , in the Se- nate of the United States . December 2 , 1803 , President JEFFERSON'S ...
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... amendment was brought forward , the object of which was to restrict the President in the exercise of the power of appointing Ministers Plenipotentiary . It proposed to limit the number of Mi- nisters to two ; viz . one at London , and ...
... amendment was brought forward , the object of which was to restrict the President in the exercise of the power of appointing Ministers Plenipotentiary . It proposed to limit the number of Mi- nisters to two ; viz . one at London , and ...
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... amendment under con- sideration went no further than to reduce the salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand , five hundred dollars ; but unfor- tunately , he forgot his tenet before he ...
... amendment under con- sideration went no further than to reduce the salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand , five hundred dollars ; but unfor- tunately , he forgot his tenet before he ...
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... amendment , that the question between us is a question of power , and not of money , is further evident , from the mode of argument by which the amendment is supported . Gentlemen do not pretend that nine thousand dollars is too much ...
... amendment , that the question between us is a question of power , and not of money , is further evident , from the mode of argument by which the amendment is supported . Gentlemen do not pretend that nine thousand dollars is too much ...
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... amendment . The gentleman from Vir- ginia immediately consented to modify his amendment , so as to leave a minister plenipotentiary at Madrid . From which it would appear most evidently , if we did not know it before , that gentlemen ...
... amendment . The gentleman from Vir- ginia immediately consented to modify his amendment , so as to leave a minister plenipotentiary at Madrid . From which it would appear most evidently , if we did not know it before , that gentlemen ...
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Página 78 - 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.
Página 79 - 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: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Página 321 - 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...
Página 79 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Página 79 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 231 - 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...
Página 137 - 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.
Página 320 - 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...
Página 447 - 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.
Página 81 - Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make. And may ' that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace and prosperity.