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... reason- able to ask for proof ? He who would deny its truth , on him would be the proof of so extraordinary a ... reasons why we ought not so to defend ourselves . On him lies the burden of proof . 4 SPEECHES .
... reason- able to ask for proof ? He who would deny its truth , on him would be the proof of so extraordinary a ... reasons why we ought not so to defend ourselves . On him lies the burden of proof . 4 SPEECHES .
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... reason on this point . I see the cause of their ardor , not in such unworthy motives , but in their known patriotism and disinterestedness . No less mercenary is the reason which he attributes to the Southern States . He says that the ...
... reason on this point . I see the cause of their ardor , not in such unworthy motives , but in their known patriotism and disinterestedness . No less mercenary is the reason which he attributes to the Southern States . He says that the ...
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... reasons of our high regard for her Chatham ? It is his ardent patriotism , the heroic courage of his mind , that could not brook the least insult or injury offered to his country , but thought that her in- terest and honor ought to be ...
... reasons of our high regard for her Chatham ? It is his ardent patriotism , the heroic courage of his mind , that could not brook the least insult or injury offered to his country , but thought that her in- terest and honor ought to be ...
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... reason for the reference asked for . The facts are not denied , and as to detail , there is none ; it ends in a point - the repeal of the embargo law - and it has been so argued in opposition . This House is as fully competent to ...
... reason for the reference asked for . The facts are not denied , and as to detail , there is none ; it ends in a point - the repeal of the embargo law - and it has been so argued in opposition . This House is as fully competent to ...
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... reason , and uninflu- enced by party feelings , but must acknowledge that a war , in this country , ought , almost invariably , to be preceded by an embargo . The very persons most loud against that mea- sure , would be the most ...
... reason , and uninflu- enced by party feelings , but must acknowledge that a war , in this country , ought , almost invariably , to be preceded by an embargo . The very persons most loud against that mea- sure , would be the most ...
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Страница 269 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the. states are parties, .as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, 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...
Страница 268 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Страница 281 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Страница 281 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which...
Страница 280 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain, without the formal consent of the other first obtained ; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally, or tacitly, assured by the treaty or treaties, that shall terminate the war.
Страница 255 - 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 224 - ... surrender of them. A sovereign may delegate his powers to be exercised by as many agents as he may think proper, under such conditions and with such limitations as he may impose ; but to surrender any portion of his sovereignty to another is to annihilate the whole.
Страница 269 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Страница 95 - States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing.
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