Eloquence of the United States, Volumen2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... British treaty , by pass- ing an appropriation for carrying it into effect , that gentleman told us that the treaty was complete , and had become as much the act of this House as of the President and senate . This position he has ...
... British treaty , by pass- ing an appropriation for carrying it into effect , that gentleman told us that the treaty was complete , and had become as much the act of this House as of the President and senate . This position he has ...
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... British treaty in this House , they introduced the doctrine of inchoate . They alleged that the House was under no obligation to carry a treaty into effect , because it was only an inchoate act , till sanctioned by this House ; but they ...
... British treaty in this House , they introduced the doctrine of inchoate . They alleged that the House was under no obligation to carry a treaty into effect , because it was only an inchoate act , till sanctioned by this House ; but they ...
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... British treaty , justly considered as a part of the same system of neutrality . The efforts of the friends of war and their chief , were , however , unavailing . The people of America , indeed , felt a warm and almost enthusiastic ...
... British treaty , justly considered as a part of the same system of neutrality . The efforts of the friends of war and their chief , were , however , unavailing . The people of America , indeed , felt a warm and almost enthusiastic ...
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... British ships of war , under pretences which would have applied to every possible case ; to enlist crews among our citizens ; to raise armies in our coun- try ; and to preclude our courts of justice from all cog- nizance of prizes ...
... British ships of war , under pretences which would have applied to every possible case ; to enlist crews among our citizens ; to raise armies in our coun- try ; and to preclude our courts of justice from all cog- nizance of prizes ...
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... British minis- try , an enemy to liberty , and even an opposer of the independence of this country . Every body remembers what clamours were raised about the unconstitution- ality of his appointment ; how the clubs toasted , the orators ...
... British minis- try , an enemy to liberty , and even an opposer of the independence of this country . Every body remembers what clamours were raised about the unconstitution- ality of his appointment ; how the clubs toasted , the orators ...
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Página 79 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
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 78 - I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong ; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Página 416 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this 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 2 - 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...
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 370 - I shall need, .too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
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 430 - 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.