The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical Analysis; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Prominent Political Acts of George Washington; Electoral Votes for All the Presidents and Vice-presidents; the High Authorities and Civil Officers of Government from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1847T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1851 - 521 páginas |
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... commerce , obliges himself to conform to those laws which the community has thought proper to establish . And this species of legal obedience and conformity is infinitely more desirable than that wild and savage liberty which is ...
... commerce , obliges himself to conform to those laws which the community has thought proper to establish . And this species of legal obedience and conformity is infinitely more desirable than that wild and savage liberty which is ...
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... commerce , and honest friendship with all nations , entangling alli- ances with none ; the support of the State governments in all their rights , as the most competent administrations for our domestic con- cerns , and the surest ...
... commerce , and honest friendship with all nations , entangling alli- ances with none ; the support of the State governments in all their rights , as the most competent administrations for our domestic con- cerns , and the surest ...
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... commerce as its handmaid ; the diffusion of information , and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason ; freedom of religion ; freedom of the press ; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus ; and ...
... commerce as its handmaid ; the diffusion of information , and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason ; freedom of religion ; freedom of the press ; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus ; and ...
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... commerce ; to favor , in like manner , the advance- ment of science and the diffusion of information , as the best ali- ment to true liberty ; to carry on the benevolent plans which have been so meritoriously applied to the conversion ...
... commerce ; to favor , in like manner , the advance- ment of science and the diffusion of information , as the best ali- ment to true liberty ; to carry on the benevolent plans which have been so meritoriously applied to the conversion ...
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... commerce . 16th De- cember , 1782 . 2. ADDRESS OF CONGRESS TO THE STATES , calling upon their jus- tice and plighted faith , and representing the consequences of a failure on their part to sustain the Government and provide for its ...
... commerce . 16th De- cember , 1782 . 2. ADDRESS OF CONGRESS TO THE STATES , calling upon their jus- tice and plighted faith , and representing the consequences of a failure on their part to sustain the Government and provide for its ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 221 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 484 - Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Página 484 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 220 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western...
Página 228 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Página 209 - I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending; the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of...
Página 220 - These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the continuance of the union as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole, with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions, will afford a happy issue to...
Página 429 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 166 - Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies...
Página 20 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...