Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... Charged by the Constitution to establish one rule , we ourselves , instead of per- forming that duty , call upon others to establish different and varying rules . All must see to what this leads , or rather , what this is ; for it is a ...
... Charged by the Constitution to establish one rule , we ourselves , instead of per- forming that duty , call upon others to establish different and varying rules . All must see to what this leads , or rather , what this is ; for it is a ...
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... charged from debts in which misfortunes have involved them , and which there is no possibility of their ever paying . I repeat , again , that these cases have now been accumulating for a whole generation . It is true they are not ...
... charged from debts in which misfortunes have involved them , and which there is no possibility of their ever paying . I repeat , again , that these cases have now been accumulating for a whole generation . It is true they are not ...
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... charged with the duty of support and protection ; but their masters neither clothe , nor feed , nor shelter ; they ... charge or sus- picion of fraud or falsehood . Sir , it is about that length of time , I think , since you , who now ...
... charged with the duty of support and protection ; but their masters neither clothe , nor feed , nor shelter ; they ... charge or sus- picion of fraud or falsehood . Sir , it is about that length of time , I think , since you , who now ...
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... charge these honorary obligations . Now , at the bottom of all this is preference . The preference of one creditor to another , both debts being honest , is allowed by the general rules of law , but is not allowed by bankrupt laws . And ...
... charge these honorary obligations . Now , at the bottom of all this is preference . The preference of one creditor to another , both debts being honest , is allowed by the general rules of law , but is not allowed by bankrupt laws . And ...
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... charged , and therefore will be in no condition to earn any thing more . He may , therefore , not choose to surrender ... charge ; but while most of his creditors were willing to discharge him on such a surrender , some were not . A year ...
... charged , and therefore will be in no condition to earn any thing more . He may , therefore , not choose to surrender ... charge ; but while most of his creditors were willing to discharge him on such a surrender , some were not . A year ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Página 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Página 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Página 373 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Página 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Página 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.