The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... expression ; and it cannot be limited by vague presumptions of a reference to other existing codes , or loose conjectures about the intents of its framers , nowhere expressed or intimated in the instrument itself , or any ...
... expression ; and it cannot be limited by vague presumptions of a reference to other existing codes , or loose conjectures about the intents of its framers , nowhere expressed or intimated in the instrument itself , or any ...
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... expressed than the words of the clause themselves express it , that laws to be established by Congress on the subject of bankruptcies shall be uniform throughout the United States . Now , Sir , the gentleman's bill is not uniform . It ...
... expressed than the words of the clause themselves express it , that laws to be established by Congress on the subject of bankruptcies shall be uniform throughout the United States . Now , Sir , the gentleman's bill is not uniform . It ...
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... expressed opinions and urged arguments against it everywhere , and on all occasions on which the subject came under consideration . I could not now , if I were to go over the whole topic again , adduce any new views , or support old ...
... expressed opinions and urged arguments against it everywhere , and on all occasions on which the subject came under consideration . I could not now , if I were to go over the whole topic again , adduce any new views , or support old ...
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... expression of their most decided , unequivo cal , and unanimous dissent and protest ; and stating , as I have now stated , the reasons which have impelled me to withhold my vote . I agree with the unanimous opinion of the legislature of ...
... expression of their most decided , unequivo cal , and unanimous dissent and protest ; and stating , as I have now stated , the reasons which have impelled me to withhold my vote . I agree with the unanimous opinion of the legislature of ...
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... expressed this morning by the Senator from Connecticut . * He may possibly , having communicated the ul- timatum of this government , look for propositions to come from the other side . Whether it be in this view or upon other grounds ...
... expressed this morning by the Senator from Connecticut . * He may possibly , having communicated the ul- timatum of this government , look for propositions to come from the other side . Whether it be in this view or upon other grounds ...
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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 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 vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
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 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 361 - ... to see them quit their places and fly off 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 thjng as a peaceable secession.
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.