The History of the United States of America, Volumen5Harper, 1851 |
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... nation , I have acquired an habitual attachment to it , and ven- eration for it . " What other form of government , indeed , can so well deserve our esteem and love ? X. " There may be little solidity in an ancient 36 HISTORY OF THE ...
... nation , I have acquired an habitual attachment to it , and ven- eration for it . " What other form of government , indeed , can so well deserve our esteem and love ? X. " There may be little solidity in an ancient 36 HISTORY OF THE ...
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... nations are the most . pleasing objects in the sight of superior intelligences ; 1797 . but this is very certain , that , to a benevolent human mind , there can be no spectacle presented by any nation more pleasing , more noble ...
... nations are the most . pleasing objects in the sight of superior intelligences ; 1797 . but this is very certain , that , to a benevolent human mind , there can be no spectacle presented by any nation more pleasing , more noble ...
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... nation for the national good . If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces , by fraud or violence , by terror , in- trigue , or venality , the government may not be the choice of the American ...
... nation for the national good . If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces , by fraud or violence , by terror , in- trigue , or venality , the government may not be the choice of the American ...
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... nation . " On this subject it might become me better to be si- lent , or to speak with diffidence ; but as something may be expected , the occasion , I hope , will be admitted as an apology if I venture to say that , if a preference ...
... nation . " On this subject it might become me better to be si- lent , or to speak with diffidence ; but as something may be expected , the occasion , I hope , will be admitted as an apology if I venture to say that , if a preference ...
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... nation , formed in a residence of seven years chiefly among them , and a sincere desire to preserve the friendship which has been so much for the honor and interest of both nations ; if , while the conscious honor and integrity of the ...
... nation , formed in a residence of seven years chiefly among them , and a sincere desire to preserve the friendship which has been so much for the honor and interest of both nations ; if , while the conscious honor and integrity of the ...
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Página 189 - I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.
Página 145 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Página 418 - Mexican republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Página 145 - But, to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Página 38 - Such is the amiable and interesting system of government (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations, for eight years, under the administration of a citizen, who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues, and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty,...
Página 39 - If a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth ; if an attachment to the Constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it, until it shall be altered by the...
Página 242 - States are parties, as 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,...
Página 239 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 197 - ... to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Página 278 - Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who"' -'formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is...