A Constitutional History of the American People, 1776-1850, Volumen1Harper & Brothers, 1898 |
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... adopted as dynastic facts 45 The new constitutions were experiments 46 Concepts , old and new , of American institutions 47 The two ideas at the basis of American political institutions : natural rights and the social compact 48 The ...
... adopted as dynastic facts 45 The new constitutions were experiments 46 Concepts , old and new , of American institutions 47 The two ideas at the basis of American political institutions : natural rights and the social compact 48 The ...
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... adopting persons instead of property as the basis of gov- ernment . Qualifications of the voters in New England in the eighteenth century The franchise in New York The four great districts of New York State . The franchise in New Jersey ...
... adopting persons instead of property as the basis of gov- ernment . Qualifications of the voters in New England in the eighteenth century The franchise in New York The four great districts of New York State . The franchise in New Jersey ...
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... adopted since June , 1776. In the only one of the eighteenth century which continues in force , that of Massachusetts of 1780 , the state is declared to be a contract , that the government " may be a government of laws , and not of men ...
... adopted since June , 1776. In the only one of the eighteenth century which continues in force , that of Massachusetts of 1780 , the state is declared to be a contract , that the government " may be a government of laws , and not of men ...
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... adopted since June , 1776. In the only one of the eighteenth century which continues in force , that of Massachusetts of 1780 , the state is declared to be a contract , that the government " may be a government of laws , and not of men ...
... adopted since June , 1776. In the only one of the eighteenth century which continues in force , that of Massachusetts of 1780 , the state is declared to be a contract , that the government " may be a government of laws , and not of men ...
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... adopted in any American commonwealth . Webster to the end of his life showed the effect of social condi- tions which prevailed in America in his earlier years . Then it was commonly believed that po- litical privileges could safely be ...
... adopted in any American commonwealth . Webster to the end of his life showed the effect of social condi- tions which prevailed in America in his earlier years . Then it was commonly believed that po- litical privileges could safely be ...
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Página 401 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Página 158 - Under the Articles of Confederation each State retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right not expressly delegated to the United States.
Página 290 - Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.
Página 402 - The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body.
Página 292 - Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms, (by no means excluding females...
Página 198 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Página 289 - Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
Página 420 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 290 - I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions...
Página 401 - ... the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any state to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is a good-enough barometer whereby to measure its degree of corruption.