Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events from 1811 to 1843Harper & Brothers, 1843 - 76 страница |
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... strong arm and a stout heart for his escape from the perils which surrounded him . Upon one occasion , with thirteen other whites , he maintained a desperate conflict for hours with the Cherokee Indians , until , overwhelmed by su ...
... strong arm and a stout heart for his escape from the perils which surrounded him . Upon one occasion , with thirteen other whites , he maintained a desperate conflict for hours with the Cherokee Indians , until , overwhelmed by su ...
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... strong in the district that no one of the profession who had offered for many years previously had ever succeeded . This was the commencement of his political life , and the first evidence he ever received of the confidence of the ...
... strong in the district that no one of the profession who had offered for many years previously had ever succeeded . This was the commencement of his political life , and the first evidence he ever received of the confidence of the ...
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... strong impulses of that state of things , becomes steeled against sufferings . The difference is almost infinite between the passive and active state of the mind . Tie down a hero , and he feels the puncture of a pin : throw him into ...
... strong impulses of that state of things , becomes steeled against sufferings . The difference is almost infinite between the passive and active state of the mind . Tie down a hero , and he feels the puncture of a pin : throw him into ...
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... strong desire to meet what were the views of the secretary and the administration , and of his friends on the Ways and Means , he took up the plan for examination . The whole subject of banking , theoretically and practically , was , in ...
... strong desire to meet what were the views of the secretary and the administration , and of his friends on the Ways and Means , he took up the plan for examination . The whole subject of banking , theoretically and practically , was , in ...
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... strong po- sition , from which the currency , then consisting , south of New - England , exclu- sively of the notes of suspended banks , might be restored to the specie standard on the return of peace . His substitute was , in its turn ...
... strong po- sition , from which the currency , then consisting , south of New - England , exclu- sively of the notes of suspended banks , might be restored to the specie standard on the return of peace . His substitute was , in its turn ...
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Страница 39 - ... 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 45 - That to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party: That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Страница 39 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Страница 37 - To avoid these evils it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation, and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Страница 42 - That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
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Страница 63 - Resolved, That this Government was instituted and adopted by the several states of this Union as a common agent, in order to carry into effect the powers which they had delegated by the Constitution for their mutual security and prosperity . and that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this Government is bound...