History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpkins, 1840 - 480 страница |
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... imbued with the spirit of WASHINGTON , and that a sacred regard may be always manifested for the principles of the Constitution . Boston , July 1 , 1840 . HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. Formation of viii ADVERTISEMENT .
... imbued with the spirit of WASHINGTON , and that a sacred regard may be always manifested for the principles of the Constitution . Boston , July 1 , 1840 . HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. Formation of viii ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Formation of Federal Government . Power of Old Congress , under the Con- federation . Design and Nature of the ... formed till the first of April , though March had been proposed by the old Congress , when it announced the adoption ...
... Formation of Federal Government . Power of Old Congress , under the Con- federation . Design and Nature of the ... formed till the first of April , though March had been proposed by the old Congress , when it announced the adoption ...
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... formed under it , should have authority to enact and exe- cute all laws of a general nature , and affecting the whole * The first step was a meeting at Annapolis , in Maryland , September , 1786 ; but only five States were represented ...
... formed under it , should have authority to enact and exe- cute all laws of a general nature , and affecting the whole * The first step was a meeting at Annapolis , in Maryland , September , 1786 ; but only five States were represented ...
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... formed , clearly implies this : and in the first section of the first article , it declares , that the pow- ers to ... forming the Constitution , Mr. King , a dele- gate from Massachusetts , ( afterwards of New York , ) is re- ported to ...
... formed , clearly implies this : and in the first section of the first article , it declares , that the pow- ers to ... forming the Constitution , Mr. King , a dele- gate from Massachusetts , ( afterwards of New York , ) is re- ported to ...
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... forming their respective bodies , in the order , and with the rules 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 ...
... forming their respective bodies , in the order , and with the rules 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 ...
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Страница 452 - 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 450 - ... 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 maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Страница 16 - In tendering this ho.mage to the great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large, less than either.
Страница 465 - ... 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 maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 468 - 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 87 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Страница 92 - Such is the amiable and interesting system of government (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations for eight years under the administration of a citizen who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty to...
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 92 - This example has been recommended to the imitation of his successors, by both Houses of Congress, and by the voice of the Legislatures and the people, throughout the nation. On this subject it might become me better to be silent, or to speak with diffidence; but as something may be expected, the occasion...