The Voter's Text Book: Comprising a Collection of the Most Important Documents and Statistics Connected with the Political History of America, Compiled from Official Records, with Biographical and Historical SketchesAsher, Adams & Higgins, 1868 - 382 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 37
... capital , or other- wise infamous crime , unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury , except in cases arising in the land or naval forces , or in the militia , when in actual service in time of war or public danger ; nor ...
... capital , or other- wise infamous crime , unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury , except in cases arising in the land or naval forces , or in the militia , when in actual service in time of war or public danger ; nor ...
Σελίδα 91
... capital of- . fenses , where the proof shall be evident , or the presump- tion great ; all fines shall be moderate , and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted ; no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the ...
... capital of- . fenses , where the proof shall be evident , or the presump- tion great ; all fines shall be moderate , and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted ; no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the ...
Σελίδα 131
... capital of the old State was selected as the seat of government of the so - called Confederate States of America . MASSACHUSETTS . Massachusetts was settled in the year 1620 , by the Puri- tans . These people , having been severely ...
... capital of the old State was selected as the seat of government of the so - called Confederate States of America . MASSACHUSETTS . Massachusetts was settled in the year 1620 , by the Puri- tans . These people , having been severely ...
Σελίδα 134
... capital receiving the name of New York , as well as the province . From this time forward to the Revolutionary War , New York remained in the hands . of the English , and was under the control of a very arbi- trary succession of ...
... capital receiving the name of New York , as well as the province . From this time forward to the Revolutionary War , New York remained in the hands . of the English , and was under the control of a very arbi- trary succession of ...
Σελίδα 146
... , from which it was * Kaskaskia , the first capital of Illinois , is located on Kaskaskia River , and is the present site of Vandalia . separated when Mississippi became a State . It was set- 146 HISTORY OF THE STATES .
... , from which it was * Kaskaskia , the first capital of Illinois , is located on Kaskaskia River , and is the present site of Vandalia . separated when Mississippi became a State . It was set- 146 HISTORY OF THE STATES .
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Σελίδα 16 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defense of such State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only...
Σελίδα 54 - 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, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Σελίδα 17 - ... to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, Congress shall name three persons out of each of the United States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one...
Σελίδα 99 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Σελίδα 55 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Σελίδα 64 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Σελίδα 54 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Σελίδα 59 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Σελίδα 83 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Σελίδα 90 - No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.