The History of the Union, and of the Constitution: Being the Substance of Three Lectures on the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Constitutional Periods of American History, with an Appendix Containing the Constitution of the United States, and the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98Van Evrie, Horton, 1863 - 92 страница |
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... kings , was a kingly confederacy . That was the old Saxon idea of liberty , that the people should somehow rule . In their institutions the name of " PEOPLE " was never lost , whether in their furtherest antiquity among the forests of ...
... kings , was a kingly confederacy . That was the old Saxon idea of liberty , that the people should somehow rule . In their institutions the name of " PEOPLE " was never lost , whether in their furtherest antiquity among the forests of ...
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... kings by resisting them . " The English history of the Habeas Corpus fully justi- fies this remark of the French ... King John , to grant the great charter of the liberties of England , the forty - fifth sec- tion of which declared ...
... kings by resisting them . " The English history of the Habeas Corpus fully justi- fies this remark of the French ... King John , to grant the great charter of the liberties of England , the forty - fifth sec- tion of which declared ...
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... king and all his subjects shall be ruled . " The last chapter of this immortal charter provides that if the king , or any one acting in his name , shall do anything by which the laws shall be disregarded , " it shall be held of no force ...
... king and all his subjects shall be ruled . " The last chapter of this immortal charter provides that if the king , or any one acting in his name , shall do anything by which the laws shall be disregarded , " it shall be held of no force ...
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... King wishes to pass this gate . " " The mayor then steps forth , and presents the great key of the gate , which signifies that it is by the permission of the people of London that even the king is allowed to pass . I was in England just ...
... King wishes to pass this gate . " " The mayor then steps forth , and presents the great key of the gate , which signifies that it is by the permission of the people of London that even the king is allowed to pass . I was in England just ...
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... kings . The government of England has been as tempestuous as the sea that surrounds it ; but the struggles of its people have ever been for the blessings of local inde- pendence , and against the despotic tendency of cen- tralized power ...
... kings . The government of England has been as tempestuous as the sea that surrounds it ; but the struggles of its people have ever been for the blessings of local inde- pendence , and against the despotic tendency of cen- tralized power ...
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American appointed ARTICLE Articles of Confederation assembled authority bill of attainder blood British throne called centralized power CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS CHARLES PINCKNEY citizens civil coercion colonists compact confederacy confederation Congress Consolidationists CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION continent court crown declared defense delegated despotism domestic institutions duty elected England English establish executive fathers federal force forefathers formed freedom French Governor habeas corpus Hamilton House of Representatives king land lectures legislature love of liberty Madison majority Massachusetts ment ministers national government never Norman principle number of votes old Saxon Parliament party passed patriotic perfect persons voted political present president principle of local principle of Saxon principles of government proposition Republic resolution respective salutary neglect Saxon love Saxon principle SECTION self-government Senate South Carolina sovereign sovereignty stamp Stamp Act temple of liberty thereof thing Thirteen colonies thousand tion two-thirds Union United vice-president Virginia whole number
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Страница 71 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Страница 55 - 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 64 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Страница 29 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretence whatever...
Страница 68 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Страница 62 - WE the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America.
Страница 64 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Страница 62 - When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand.
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Страница 41 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.