The Lives of James Madison and James Monroe: Fourth and Fifth Presidents of the United StatesDerby, 1850 - 432 страница |
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... tion for all great enterprise and achievement upon earth , was from the very condition of their existence , a property almost universal to the British Colonists in North America ; and hardihood of body , unfettered energy of intellect ...
... tion for all great enterprise and achievement upon earth , was from the very condition of their existence , a property almost universal to the British Colonists in North America ; and hardihood of body , unfettered energy of intellect ...
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... tion was not in the maintenance of the rights of the British Colonies by argument , nor in the conflict of physical force by war . The Declaration of Indepen- dence annulled the national character of the American people . That character ...
... tion was not in the maintenance of the rights of the British Colonies by argument , nor in the conflict of physical force by war . The Declaration of Indepen- dence annulled the national character of the American people . That character ...
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... tion , which they adopted with an unanimity so abso- lute , that no proposition of a different character was ever made before them . It was that all their govern- ments should be republican . They were determined not only to be ...
... tion , which they adopted with an unanimity so abso- lute , that no proposition of a different character was ever made before them . It was that all their govern- ments should be republican . They were determined not only to be ...
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... tion most strongly marked with that same spirit of Liberty , the vital breath of the contest in which our fathers were engaged ; the true and undying conser- vative spirit by which we their children enjoy that Freedom which they ...
... tion most strongly marked with that same spirit of Liberty , the vital breath of the contest in which our fathers were engaged ; the true and undying conser- vative spirit by which we their children enjoy that Freedom which they ...
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... tion with the People , and the jealousy of sectional collisions , and the distrust of all delegation of power , stamped every feature of the work with inefficiency . The deficiency of powers in the Confederation was immediately ...
... tion with the People , and the jealousy of sectional collisions , and the distrust of all delegation of power , stamped every feature of the work with inefficiency . The deficiency of powers in the Confederation was immediately ...
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Страница 221 - FROM harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Страница 106 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Страница 37 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Страница 70 - States," and from its extreme anxiety to guard these rights from every possible attack of sophistry and ambition, having with other States, recommended an amendment for that purpose, which amendment was, in due time, annexed to the Constitution, it would mark a reproachful "inconsistency, and criminal degeneracy, if an indifference were now...
Страница 365 - ... regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United States.
Страница 70 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 225 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 24 - Let it be remembered, finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
Страница 70 - Constitution, expressly declared, " that among other essential rights, the liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by any authority of the United States...