History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 страница |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-5 од 100
Страница 15
... necessary for the proper discharge of their legislative duties . It is difficult to do full justice to the merits of this speech , by any verbal representation of it ; and an extract is here given , as charac- teristic of the mind of ...
... necessary for the proper discharge of their legislative duties . It is difficult to do full justice to the merits of this speech , by any verbal representation of it ; and an extract is here given , as charac- teristic of the mind of ...
Страница 19
... necessary to make an apology for myself . Not wholly without ex- perience in public assemblies , I have been more accustomed to take a share in their debates , than to preside in their de- deliberations . A trust of the greatest ...
... necessary to make an apology for myself . Not wholly without ex- perience in public assemblies , I have been more accustomed to take a share in their debates , than to preside in their de- deliberations . A trust of the greatest ...
Страница 20
... necessary expenditures for the sup- port of government . All the members of Congress were in favor of this meas- ure for raising a revenue ; but , as to the details of the bill and the difference in the duties on different articles ...
... necessary expenditures for the sup- port of government . All the members of Congress were in favor of this meas- ure for raising a revenue ; but , as to the details of the bill and the difference in the duties on different articles ...
Страница 23
... necessary , should not be removed without the appro- bation of that body . The Constitution was silent on this point ; and it was argued , that , as that instrument should be construed rigidly , it would be improper to give the Pres ...
... necessary , should not be removed without the appro- bation of that body . The Constitution was silent on this point ; and it was argued , that , as that instrument should be construed rigidly , it would be improper to give the Pres ...
Страница 26
... necessary , as several tribes of the native Indians were living on the territory . Provision was also made , at this time , for having troops in that part of the country , as had been already done by the old Congress , for the ...
... necessary , as several tribes of the native Indians were living on the territory . Provision was also made , at this time , for having troops in that part of the country , as had been already done by the old Congress , for the ...
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
Aaron Burr act of Congress Adams administration adopted American appointed authority bank bill Britain British government character citizens claims commerce compact conduct considered Constitution Court Cumberland road declared defence depredations dollars duties embargo England Envoy eral ernment executive expressed favor federal government force foreign former France gress honor hostile House of Representatives important Indians injurious intercourse internal improvements Jackson justice justly law of Congress liberty majority manufactures Massachusetts measures ment militia millions minister national legislature naval navigation necessary negotiations object officers Ohio river opinion opposed orders in council party passed patriotic peace period political ports President principles proper proposed proposition public debt public lands purpose repeal republic resolution respect revenue Secretary Senate session of Congress South Carolina Spain spirit tariff of 1828 territory tion trade treasury treaty treaty of Ghent tribes troops Union United vessels views voted
Популарни одломци
Страница 459 - ... 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 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Страница 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Страница 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Страница 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Страница 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Страница 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Страница 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Страница 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Страница 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.