The History of the Union, and of the Constitution ...: With ... Appendix Containing the Constitution of the United States ...Van Evrie, Horton & Company, 1862 - 92 páginas |
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... defense of those principles . And not only of our fathers , but of hundreds of thousands of Saxons in England , even before the time of feudalism . For old England , under her Saxon kings , was a kingly confederacy . That was the old ...
... defense of those principles . And not only of our fathers , but of hundreds of thousands of Saxons in England , even before the time of feudalism . For old England , under her Saxon kings , was a kingly confederacy . That was the old ...
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... defense of some right , traditional or otherwise . They will endure heavy burdens , submit to any amount of taxation , but they will be locally independ- ent and free . The poorest beggar in England is as proud of the rights guaranteed ...
... defense of some right , traditional or otherwise . They will endure heavy burdens , submit to any amount of taxation , but they will be locally independ- ent and free . The poorest beggar in England is as proud of the rights guaranteed ...
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... defensive . It was at such a military conference , held at New York in 1790 , that the word “ Congress " was for the first time used in America . Not only were the members of the different colonies gradually brought together by these ...
... defensive . It was at such a military conference , held at New York in 1790 , that the word “ Congress " was for the first time used in America . Not only were the members of the different colonies gradually brought together by these ...
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... a final union with each other . England recommended that the colonies should form a general league , for purposes of a more effectual defense against the Indians who were friendly to the French HISTORY OF THE UNION . 29.
... a final union with each other . England recommended that the colonies should form a general league , for purposes of a more effectual defense against the Indians who were friendly to the French HISTORY OF THE UNION . 29.
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... defense against the Indians who were friendly to the French interests . And all the colonies chose deputies , who met at Albany for the purpose of devising some plan whereby such an object might be effected . On the Fourth of July ...
... defense against the Indians who were friendly to the French interests . And all the colonies chose deputies , who met at Albany for the purpose of devising some plan whereby such an object might be effected . On the Fourth of July ...
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Alexander Hamilton amendments American appointed Articles of Confederation assembled authority bill bill of attainder British throne called centralized power CHARLES PINCKNEY choose citizens civil coercion colonies colonists compact confederacy Congress consolidated nation Consolidationists Constitutional Convention continent declared defense delegated despotism domestic institutions duty elected England English establish executive fathers federal force forefathers formed freedom French Governor greatest number habeas corpus Hamilton House of Representatives independence judge king land legislature Madison majority Massachusetts ment national government never Norman principle number of electors number of votes old Saxon Parliament party passed patriotic perfect persons voted political present president principle of local proposition prosperity quorum Republic resolution respective Rhode Island salutary neglect Saxon love Saxon principle SECTION self-government Senate South Carolina sove sovereign sovereignty stamp temple of liberty thereof thing Thirteen colonies tion treaties two-thirds Union United vice-president whole number William the Conqueror
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Página 73 - 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 86 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vicepresident. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.] The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 82 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Página 38 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man ; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 82 - No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided.
Página 80 - Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies!
Página 82 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Página 31 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Página 59 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Página 67 - It has been observed to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised. A failure of compliance will never be confined to a single State. This being the case can we suppose it wise to hazard a civil war? Suppose...