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... constitution had been changed by force , by the reigning sovereign , about one hundred years ago . This subject had been lately revived and discussed in print . The people were at length excited to assemble tumultuously . They sent for ...
... constitution had been changed by force , by the reigning sovereign , about one hundred years ago . This subject had been lately revived and discussed in print . The people were at length excited to assemble tumultuously . They sent for ...
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... constitution first . The distress for money endangers every thing . No taxes are paid , and no money can be borrowed . Mr. Neckar was yesterday to give in a memoir to the Assembly on this sub- ject . I think they will give him leave to ...
... constitution first . The distress for money endangers every thing . No taxes are paid , and no money can be borrowed . Mr. Neckar was yesterday to give in a memoir to the Assembly on this sub- ject . I think they will give him leave to ...
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... constitution they are forming , that neither the legislature nor the nation itself , can validly contract more debt than they may pay within their own age , or within the term of thirty - four years ? And that all future contracts shall ...
... constitution they are forming , that neither the legislature nor the nation itself , can validly contract more debt than they may pay within their own age , or within the term of thirty - four years ? And that all future contracts shall ...
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... constitution and the laws of their predecessors are extin- guished then , in their natural course , with those whose will gave them being . This could preserve that being , till it ceased to be itself , and no longer . Every constitution ...
... constitution and the laws of their predecessors are extin- guished then , in their natural course , with those whose will gave them being . This could preserve that being , till it ceased to be itself , and no longer . Every constitution ...
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... constitution , except ( as is said ) the first , second , and twelfth articles . The others , therefore , are now in force . The articles excepted , will depend on the other legislatures . The late expedition against the northern ...
... constitution , except ( as is said ) the first , second , and twelfth articles . The others , therefore , are now in force . The articles excepted , will depend on the other legislatures . The late expedition against the northern ...
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Adams affectionate Algiers answer assurances believe British character circumstances citizens commerce common law communication Congress consider constitution consul copy court DEAR SIR debt declared dispositions dollars doubt duty election endeavour enemy England esteem and respect Europe executive express favour favoured nation federalists foreign France French friendly friendship give GOUVERNEUR MORRIS hands honour hope humble servant hundred inclose interest JAMES MADISON JEFFERSON JOHN ADAMS judge justice legislature letter letter of credence Madison Massachusetts means measures ment millions mind minister Monticello nation National Assembly necessary Neckar never obedient object occasion opinion Orleans paper party peace person Philadelphia ports present President principles produce proposed question received render republican salutations Senate sentiments shew sincere South Carolina Spain suppose thing thousand tion treaty United vessels vote Washington whole WILLIAM SHORT wish
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Página 131 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Página 298 - But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
Página 298 - We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
Página 298 - Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well : I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading :...
Página 521 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The executive in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution. The Legislature in casting behind them metaphysical subtleties, and risking themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it, and throw themselves on their country for doing for them unauthorized, what we know they...
Página 391 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.
Página 298 - ... Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading;...
Página 287 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Página 332 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union.
Página 232 - And indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society. May we not even say, that that form of government is the best, which provides the most effectually for a pure selection of these natural aristoi into the offices of government?