THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES1854 |
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... facts . That he may have made some mistakes , is not unlikely ; but he will have accomplished his object if he shall succeed in inducing some abler pen to develop the easiest and best way of fulfilling the design proposed in founding ...
... facts . That he may have made some mistakes , is not unlikely ; but he will have accomplished his object if he shall succeed in inducing some abler pen to develop the easiest and best way of fulfilling the design proposed in founding ...
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... fact that its citizens had subscribed $ 40,000 for public buildings . The South Carolinians offered an apparently whim- sical objection to Philadelphia , to wit : the number of Quakers ; who , they said , were eternally dogging the ...
... fact that its citizens had subscribed $ 40,000 for public buildings . The South Carolinians offered an apparently whim- sical objection to Philadelphia , to wit : the number of Quakers ; who , they said , were eternally dogging the ...
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... fact he would rather saw timber or dig , Than see them removing to Conecogeague , Where the houses and kitchens are yet to be framed , The trees to be felled , and the streets to be named . " have not alluded to one topic , growing out ...
... fact he would rather saw timber or dig , Than see them removing to Conecogeague , Where the houses and kitchens are yet to be framed , The trees to be felled , and the streets to be named . " have not alluded to one topic , growing out ...
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... fact that Mr. Madison moved to strike out the word ' permanent ' from the act establishing the Seat of Government , because the Constitution did not contain it . Nor is this the only difficulty involved by this construction - the same ...
... fact that Mr. Madison moved to strike out the word ' permanent ' from the act establishing the Seat of Government , because the Constitution did not contain it . Nor is this the only difficulty involved by this construction - the same ...
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... fact that several eminent lawyers and statesmen during the debate on retrocession admitted the right of removal , while strenuously arguing the inexpediency of exercising that right , it is very obvious that the subject is involved in ...
... fact that several eminent lawyers and statesmen during the debate on retrocession admitted the right of removal , while strenuously arguing the inexpediency of exercising that right , it is very obvious that the subject is involved in ...
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Página 29 - ... it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Página 29 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Página 48 - The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables ; an establishment very well proportioned to the President's salary.
Página 18 - There had before been propositions to fix the seat of government either at Philadelphia, or at Georgetown on the Potomac; and it was thought that by giving it to Philadelphia for ten years, and to Georgetown permanently afterwards, this might, as an anodyne, calm in some degree the ferment which might be excited by the other measure alone.
Página 8 - Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in -all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Página 36 - A grand avenue 400 feet in breadth, and about a mile in length, bordered with gardens ending in a slope from the houses on each side: this avenue leads to the monument A.
Página 32 - WASHINGTON, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, as his military valor and prudence have been useful in establishing her liberties, and in the year of Masonry, 5793, by the President of the United States, in concert with the Grand Lodge of Maryland several lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge No. 22...
Página 12 - Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity ; but a dependence of the members of the General Government on the State comprehending the seat of the Government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the National Councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the Government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy.
Página 107 - To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, consisting, 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the learned societies in the world; 2d, of the more important current periodical publications, and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports.
Página 35 - Church is intended for national purposes, such as public prayer, thanksgiving, funeral orations etc., and assigned to the special use of no particular Sect or denomination, but equally open to all. It will be likewise a proper shelter for such monuments as were voted by the late Continental Congress for those heroes who fell in the cause of liberty, and for such others as may hereafter be decreed by the voice of a grateful Nation.