The American Nation, a History: MacDonald, W. Jacksonian democracy, 1829-1837Albert Bushnell Hart Harper & Brothers, 1906 |
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Side xii
... public lands and surplus revenue , and lead up to chapter xvii . , on the election of 1836. The text concludes with an interesting chapter ( xviii . ) on Jackson as president and man , which reviews his public service . The Critical ...
... public lands and surplus revenue , and lead up to chapter xvii . , on the election of 1836. The text concludes with an interesting chapter ( xviii . ) on Jackson as president and man , which reviews his public service . The Critical ...
Side 54
... public moneys for lands , and various other officers , to four years ; but the act , intended in part , at least , to insure the accountability of financial officials , had not been followed by any serious change of personnel . Of the ...
... public moneys for lands , and various other officers , to four years ; but the act , intended in part , at least , to insure the accountability of financial officials , had not been followed by any serious change of personnel . Of the ...
Side 69
... land was still divided , 23 of its 39 votes in the House being given against the bill ; but Webster , in the ... public opinion . It must be re- membered , however , that from 1820 to 1830 party lines were loosely drawn and party ...
... land was still divided , 23 of its 39 votes in the House being given against the bill ; but Webster , in the ... public opinion . It must be re- membered , however , that from 1820 to 1830 party lines were loosely drawn and party ...
Side 92
... Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of limiting for a certain period the sales of the public lands to such lands only as have heretofore been offered for sale , and are subject to entry at the minimum price . And ...
... Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of limiting for a certain period the sales of the public lands to such lands only as have heretofore been offered for sale , and are subject to entry at the minimum price . And ...
Side 93
... lands were the common property of the United States , and every state was deeply interested in the disposition made of them , he thought it legitimate to inquire whether the indiscriminate sale of the public lands should not be stopped ...
... lands were the common property of the United States , and every state was deeply interested in the disposition made of them , he thought it legitimate to inquire whether the indiscriminate sale of the public lands should not be stopped ...
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24 Cong Adams administration Alabama Albany Regency amendment American Amos Kendall Andrew Jackson annual message Anti-Masons appointed Benton bill cabinet Calhoun canals candidate Catterall charter Cherokees Clay committee Constitution convention Debates of Congress debt declared Democratic deposits dollars duties election electoral executive favor February federal government force bill Georgia governor Hayne Hist History House Ibid Indians internal improvements Jack Jackson MSS Jackson rev JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY January John Quincy Adams Kendall Kentucky legislature March McLane ment Messages and Papers Michigan Mississippi Niles nomination nullification Ohio opinion Parton party Pennsylvania political popular president protection public lands question removal resolution revenue Richardson Second Bank secretary Senate Sess South Carolina specie circular Statutes at Large Sumner supreme court surplus Taney tariff tariff of 1828 Tennessee territory tion treasury treaty U. S. Statutes Union United veto vice-president Virginia vols vote Webster Whigs wrote York
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Side 159 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Side 177 - The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of Congress.
Side 102 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day at least, that curtain may not rise. God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind.
Side 45 - The recent demonstration of public sentiment inscribes on the list of executive duties, in characters too legible to be overlooked, the task of reform, which will require particularly the correction of those abuses that have brought the patronage of the federal government into conflict with the freedom of elections...
Side 157 - States, and the people of the co-States, that we are determined to maintain this our ordinance and declaration, at every hazard, do further declare that we will not submit to the application of force on the part of the federal government, to reduce this State to obedience...
Side 99 - I understand him to maintain, that the ultimate power of judging of the constitutional extent of its own authority, is not lodged exclusively in the general government, or any branch of it; but that, on the contrary, the states may lawfully decide for themselves, and each state for itself, whether, in a given case, the act of the general government transcends its power.
Side 138 - Every member of the Union, in peace and in war, will be benefited by the improvement of inland navigation and the construction of highways in the several States.
Side 217 - ... and the use of the naval force of the United States by the Executive against Mexico to enforce them, in the event of a refusal by the Mexican Government to come to an amicable adjustment of the matters in controversy between us upon another demand thereof made from on board one of our vessels of war on the coast of Mexico.
Side 125 - ... no means to operate on the hopes, fears, or interests, of large masses of the community, it would be shorn of the influence which makes that bank formidable.
Side 107 - The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a direct representation in the Senate, and leaves in their possession certain exclusive and very important portions of sovereign power.