History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 σελίδες |
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... benefit of the States collectively . And this object was kept in view by the Convention which prepared the Constitution , and re- commended it to the several States for adoption . It was provided , that the federal or general government ...
... benefit of the States collectively . And this object was kept in view by the Convention which prepared the Constitution , and re- commended it to the several States for adoption . It was provided , that the federal or general government ...
Σελίδα 29
... benefit of the country , it was necessary , he said , to provide for the common defence . " To be pre- pared for war , was one of the most effectual means to pre- vent it . " He recommended , that provision be made by law for arming and ...
... benefit of the country , it was necessary , he said , to provide for the common defence . " To be pre- pared for war , was one of the most effectual means to pre- vent it . " He recommended , that provision be made by law for arming and ...
Σελίδα 36
... benefit of government , in sudden emer- gencies , and be productive of great advantages to the trade and industry of the country . ' The preamble further states , " that the bank should be on a foundation suffi- ciently extensive to ...
... benefit of government , in sudden emer- gencies , and be productive of great advantages to the trade and industry of the country . ' The preamble further states , " that the bank should be on a foundation suffi- ciently extensive to ...
Σελίδα 41
... benefit of the several States . For each State had a large debt to pay , notwithstanding the greater portion had been assumed by the federal government . The Act laying an excise , however , was evidently within the power of Con- gress ...
... benefit of the several States . For each State had a large debt to pay , notwithstanding the greater portion had been assumed by the federal government . The Act laying an excise , however , was evidently within the power of Con- gress ...
Σελίδα 42
... benefit of all . The former Congress , under the Confederation , called upon the States , which advanced such claims , to cede the lands to the United States , and declared , " that they should be for the common benefit of the Union ...
... benefit of all . The former Congress , under the Confederation , called upon the States , which advanced such claims , to cede the lands to the United States , and declared , " that they should be for the common benefit of the Union ...
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Σελίδα 459 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Σελίδα 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Σελίδα 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Σελίδα 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Σελίδα 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Σελίδα 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Σελίδα 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Σελίδα 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Σελίδα 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Σελίδα 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.