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... opinion among them with regard to this or that particular measure ; and a blind , indiscriminate , wholesale adhesion to the life and opinions of any one , would not be worth offering , nor worth accepting among freemen . We are not man ...
... opinion among them with regard to this or that particular measure ; and a blind , indiscriminate , wholesale adhesion to the life and opinions of any one , would not be worth offering , nor worth accepting among freemen . We are not man ...
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... Opinion . This is the precise circumstance , which renders the prevalence of just political views and principles ... opinions of men , however , are invariably and inevitably affected by their interests and their feelings . This ...
... Opinion . This is the precise circumstance , which renders the prevalence of just political views and principles ... opinions of men , however , are invariably and inevitably affected by their interests and their feelings . This ...
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... opinion , were perfectly justifiable in voting not to receive them . Any petition , which , in our opinion , asks us to do that which is plainly against the Constitution , we might very justly reject . As , if persons should petition us ...
... opinion , were perfectly justifiable in voting not to receive them . Any petition , which , in our opinion , asks us to do that which is plainly against the Constitution , we might very justly reject . As , if persons should petition us ...
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... opinions known . In reply to Mr. KING , of Alabama , MR . WEBSTER said , that he was not aware of having said any ... opinion as to the course which it is prudent and wise in us all to adopt , in disposing of these petitions . It is ...
... opinions known . In reply to Mr. KING , of Alabama , MR . WEBSTER said , that he was not aware of having said any ... opinion as to the course which it is prudent and wise in us all to adopt , in disposing of these petitions . It is ...
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... opinion that the first step is , to increase their numbers . At present their number , especially in the large cities , is too small . They have too large sums in deposit , in pro- portion to their capital and their legal limits of ...
... opinion that the first step is , to increase their numbers . At present their number , especially in the large cities , is too small . They have too large sums in deposit , in pro- portion to their capital and their legal limits of ...
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Página 382 - States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Página 482 - Union; but for the interests of the community at large, as well as for the purposes of the Treasury, it is essential that the nation should possess a currency of equal value, credit, and use wherever it may circulate. The Constitution has intrusted Congress exclusively with the power of creating and regulating a currency of that description...
Página 352 - Let us, then, bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals.
Página 143 - We have slavery already amongst us. The Constitution found it in the Union ; it recognized it, and gave it solemn guaranties. To the full extent of these guaranties we are all bound, in honor, in justice, and by the Constitution. All the stipulations contained in the Constitution in favor of the slave-holding States which are already in the Union ought to be fulfilled, and, so far as depends on me, shall be fulfilled, in the fulness of their spirit and to the exactness of their letter.
Página 40 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
Página 101 - Secretary's order, there is not a word in it having any such tendency ; not a syllable which has any application to the matter. That section simply declares, that after the first day of July, in that year, every purchaser of land at public sale shall, on the day of purchase, make a complete payment therefor; and the purchaser at private sale shall produce a receipt for the amount of the purchase money on any tract, before he shall enter the same at the land office.
Página 443 - Congress shall have power * * * to establish * * * uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States.
Página 250 - December, 1837, shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of an act entitled ' An Act to grant preemption rights to settlers on the public lands...
Página 235 - to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district, not exceeding ten miles square, as may by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Página 336 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...