A Vindication of the Recent and Prevailing Policy of the State of Georgia, Both in Reference to Its Internal Affairs, and Its Relations with the General Government, in Two Series of Essays, Originally Published in the "Columbian Centinel" Under the Signature of "Atticus".: To which is Now Prefixed a 'prefatory Address'O.P. Shaw, 1827 - 82 sider |
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... nation ; and that , in conjunction with the Legislature , he has suborned witnesses to swear away the character of that officer . That he has been the author of a civil war among the Indians , and all the horrors and murders of that ...
... nation ; and that , in conjunction with the Legislature , he has suborned witnesses to swear away the character of that officer . That he has been the author of a civil war among the Indians , and all the horrors and murders of that ...
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... nations of the world , and particularly while they boast the freest and purest political institutions that perhaps ever existed , they are pro- claiming to all nations by an official document published and dissemi- nated throughout all ...
... nations of the world , and particularly while they boast the freest and purest political institutions that perhaps ever existed , they are pro- claiming to all nations by an official document published and dissemi- nated throughout all ...
Side 5
... nation ? Where is the history that furnishes a contrary exam- ple ? Is not man the same in every country ? Is there magic in the term Republican Government ? Is there a charm in the Federal Con- stitution that will force men to be ...
... nation ? Where is the history that furnishes a contrary exam- ple ? Is not man the same in every country ? Is there magic in the term Republican Government ? Is there a charm in the Federal Con- stitution that will force men to be ...
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... Nation , are men of the most unexcep- tionable truth . Now , aside from the well known unblemished reputa tion of many of the State's witnesses , is it not very remarkable that there should not have been one honest man among them in the ...
... Nation , are men of the most unexcep- tionable truth . Now , aside from the well known unblemished reputa tion of many of the State's witnesses , is it not very remarkable that there should not have been one honest man among them in the ...
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... nation of such madmen ! and that the councils of the general government were filled with such traitors ! Where are we to look for the evidences of his in- sanity ? Is it in his resistance to the most spotted fraud and livid cor- ruption ...
... nation of such madmen ! and that the councils of the general government were filled with such traitors ! Where are we to look for the evidences of his in- sanity ? Is it in his resistance to the most spotted fraud and livid cor- ruption ...
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Side 53 - 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.
Side 53 - Government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact ; as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting...
Side 53 - Resolved, That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own...
Side 69 - The jurisdiction ought in every instance to belong to the respective states within the charter or determined limits of which such lands may be seated; but reason and justice must decide, that the property which existed in the crown of Great Britain, previous to the present revolution, ought now to belong to the congress, in trust for the use and benefit of the United States.
Side 68 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.
Side 61 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Side 63 - States; subject, however, to such alterations and additions as the said courts, respectively, shall, in their discretion, deem expedient, or to such regulations as the supreme court of the United States shall think proper, from time to time, by rule, to prescribe to any circuit or district court concerning the same...
Side 50 - Resolved therefore, That the General Assembly of this Colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this Colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever other than the General Assembly aforesaid has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
Side 67 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Side 53 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are the parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them...