A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: Addressed to the Law Academy of PhiladelphiaE.G. Dorsey, printer, 1834 - 106 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xix
... less necessary among United or confederated states than among individual citizens . These United States are advancing in power and riches to an astonishing , but not in an equal degree . The constitution was intended to be so organized ...
... less necessary among United or confederated states than among individual citizens . These United States are advancing in power and riches to an astonishing , but not in an equal degree . The constitution was intended to be so organized ...
Σελίδα xx
... less powerful states ; the struggles of Athens and Sparta for the supremacy over the republics of Greece , and the bloody wars to which they gave rise , can never be forgotten . The same dan- ger threatens us unless ambitious states are ...
... less powerful states ; the struggles of Athens and Sparta for the supremacy over the republics of Greece , and the bloody wars to which they gave rise , can never be forgotten . The same dan- ger threatens us unless ambitious states are ...
Σελίδα xxiv
... less to party interests : these are transient ; but truth and reason are eternal . I have written for the rising generation ; I have spoken to them the language which I firmly be- lieve they or their descendants will one day hear from ...
... less to party interests : these are transient ; but truth and reason are eternal . I have written for the rising generation ; I have spoken to them the language which I firmly be- lieve they or their descendants will one day hear from ...
Σελίδα 9
... less than two , nor more than seven ; to maintain them at its own expense , and to recall them at pleasure , even within the year for which they were appointed . To this congress was given a splendid array of pow- ers , which in ...
... less than two , nor more than seven ; to maintain them at its own expense , and to recall them at pleasure , even within the year for which they were appointed . To this congress was given a splendid array of pow- ers , which in ...
Σελίδα 15
... less strongly expressed . That there are strong federal features in this instru- ment is not to be denied ; but upon the whole , the na- tional character is predominant , as will be seen from the distribution of the powers mutually ...
... less strongly expressed . That there are strong federal features in this instru- ment is not to be denied ; but upon the whole , the na- tional character is predominant , as will be seen from the distribution of the powers mutually ...
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Σελίδα 60 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Σελίδα 45 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires...
Σελίδα 86 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true "liberty. -The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. — But, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Σελίδα 53 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Σελίδα 57 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Σελίδα 86 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Σελίδα 84 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort -and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Σελίδα 55 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Σελίδα 94 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Σελίδα 92 - It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions ; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained ; and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld : and it gives to ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation...