The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how Destroyed--how it May be RestoredJ. Woodhouse, 1860 - 266 σελίδες |
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... tion of constitutional history - to ascertain the reason that ope- rated on the Convention which constructed the government under which we live , to adopt in the popular basis the fractional representation which was awarded to the ...
... tion of constitutional history - to ascertain the reason that ope- rated on the Convention which constructed the government under which we live , to adopt in the popular basis the fractional representation which was awarded to the ...
Σελίδα 12
... tion have been invaded . The natural expansion of the South has been limited by Federal law , and it is in vain that we have recourse to State Rights ' principles for the means of redress ; that school of politics having been formed ...
... tion have been invaded . The natural expansion of the South has been limited by Federal law , and it is in vain that we have recourse to State Rights ' principles for the means of redress ; that school of politics having been formed ...
Σελίδα 18
... tion , excited the animosities , and consumed the time of that great synod . Other parts of the Constitution were more readily agreed upon . Nor is this surprising ; for the expe- rience of the country had been instructive . It had ...
... tion , excited the animosities , and consumed the time of that great synod . Other parts of the Constitution were more readily agreed upon . Nor is this surprising ; for the expe- rience of the country had been instructive . It had ...
Σελίδα 25
... tion maker was guided , and especially sets forth the principles upon which he had , as a Southern delegate , insisted . There could not be produced more undeniable evidence - evidence amounting to the clearest proof - that the ratio of ...
... tion maker was guided , and especially sets forth the principles upon which he had , as a Southern delegate , insisted . There could not be produced more undeniable evidence - evidence amounting to the clearest proof - that the ratio of ...
Σελίδα 41
... tion of Congress for changing the eighth article of the Con- federation was before the legislature of Massachusetts , the only difficulty then was to satisfy them that the negroes ought not to have been counted equally with the whites ...
... tion of Congress for changing the eighth article of the Con- federation was before the legislature of Massachusetts , the only difficulty then was to satisfy them that the negroes ought not to have been counted equally with the whites ...
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Σελίδα 17 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Σελίδα 249 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Σελίδα 250 - ... delegate ; and the delegates of a state or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such...
Σελίδα 11 - In order to justify a resort to revolutionary resistance, the federal government must be guilty of "a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise" of powers not granted by the Constitution.
Σελίδα 245 - ... no right of any denomination can be cancelled abridged restrained or modified by the Congress by the Senate or House of Representatives acting in any Capacity by the President or any Department or Officer of the United States...
Σελίδα 197 - An unrestrained intercourse between the States themselves will advance the trade of each, by an interchange of their respective productions, not only for the supply of reciprocal wants at home, but for exportation to foreign markets.
Σελίδα 12 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, 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...
Σελίδα 247 - That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station...
Σελίδα 260 - February 21, 1787, and was ratified by the conventions of the several states, as follows, viz.: By convention of Delaware...
Σελίδα 213 - The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1800; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such migration or importation, at a rate not exceeding the average of the duties laid on imports.