The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volúmenes1-2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... President of the United States : and this was sustained with able and unscrupulous effort by a great por- tion of the press of the Union . Breach of faith , plighted to foreign nations was urged ; war with all its horrors was in- voked ...
... President of the United States : and this was sustained with able and unscrupulous effort by a great por- tion of the press of the Union . Breach of faith , plighted to foreign nations was urged ; war with all its horrors was in- voked ...
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... President MADISON , urge upon him the necessity of more ac- tive and vigorous preparation , and of a speedy declaration of hostilities . Mr. CLAY , at this formal meeting , explained to the President the feelings of Congress and of the ...
... President MADISON , urge upon him the necessity of more ac- tive and vigorous preparation , and of a speedy declaration of hostilities . Mr. CLAY , at this formal meeting , explained to the President the feelings of Congress and of the ...
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... President JACKSON , a purpose be- came evident , on the part of the administration , to induce or force the Bank of ... President , and of course the first object to be accomplished was to secure his deposition with that of the directors ...
... President JACKSON , a purpose be- came evident , on the part of the administration , to induce or force the Bank of ... President , and of course the first object to be accomplished was to secure his deposition with that of the directors ...
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... President had a large majority in that body . On the 4th of July , 1832 , the bill was sent to the President ; and on the 11th it was returned with his objections . The true motive which influ- enced him to veto the bill was expressed ...
... President had a large majority in that body . On the 4th of July , 1832 , the bill was sent to the President ; and on the 11th it was returned with his objections . The true motive which influ- enced him to veto the bill was expressed ...
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... President expresses the apprehension that the Bank of the United States is no longer " a safe depository of the money of the people . " To give color to this charge of insolvency , a most unprincipled attempt was made to break the ...
... President expresses the apprehension that the Bank of the United States is no longer " a safe depository of the money of the people . " To give color to this charge of insolvency , a most unprincipled attempt was made to break the ...
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Página 4 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 189 - President, or 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, or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States...
Página 183 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Página 189 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said Government.
Página 189 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Página 300 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Página 270 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Página 467 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Página 96 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Página 184 - But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties ; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts ; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts ; he is so far the officer of the law ; is amenable to the laws for his conduct ; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others.