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... hands , or those of any person , however remotely connected with him , or in whose interest he might be supposed to be personally concerned . This is not mentioned as if any discredit attached to the enjoyment of the honors and ...
... hands , or those of any person , however remotely connected with him , or in whose interest he might be supposed to be personally concerned . This is not mentioned as if any discredit attached to the enjoyment of the honors and ...
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... hands . Gentlemen , for one , I confess , I like to dwell on this part of our history . It is good for us to be here . It is good for us to study the situation of the country at this period , to survey its difficulty , to look at the ...
... hands . Gentlemen , for one , I confess , I like to dwell on this part of our history . It is good for us to be here . It is good for us to study the situation of the country at this period , to survey its difficulty , to look at the ...
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... hands of the President , by requiring all State laws to be submitted to him , that he might neg- ative such as he thought appeared repugnant to the general Con- stitution . This idea , perhaps , may have been borrowed from the power ...
... hands of the President , by requiring all State laws to be submitted to him , that he might neg- ative such as he thought appeared repugnant to the general Con- stitution . This idea , perhaps , may have been borrowed from the power ...
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... hands , for their weal or wo , the fate of this experiment . If we fail , who shall venture the repetition ? If our example shall prove to be one , not of encouragement , but of terror - not fit to be imitated , but fit only to be ...
... hands , for their weal or wo , the fate of this experiment . If we fail , who shall venture the repetition ? If our example shall prove to be one , not of encouragement , but of terror - not fit to be imitated , but fit only to be ...
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... hands , by a diligent inquiry after real merit , and a conscientious prefer- ence of virtue and talent . The whole country was the field of his selection . He explored that whole field , looking only for what- ever it contained most ...
... hands , by a diligent inquiry after real merit , and a conscientious prefer- ence of virtue and talent . The whole country was the field of his selection . He explored that whole field , looking only for what- ever it contained most ...
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Página 119 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Página 141 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures." Until, Sir, this early legislation, thus coeval with the Constitution itself, thus full and explicit, can be explained away, no man can doubt of the meaning of that instrument, in this respect.
Página 115 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Página 124 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Página 293 - November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time; and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation, and the relations of the two countries shall be regulated as follows: ART.
Página 190 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 138 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
Página 21 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 269 - The most able men — from the East and the West, from the North and the South...
Página 246 - I ask you, gentlemen of the jury, in patience to listen to a synopsis of the testimony offered on the part of the Government and on the part of the defense, and then decide as to the guilt or innocence of this prisoner.