History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 sider |
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Side 30
... operation . A report was early made respecting the Indian tribes in the United States ; and on this occasion the House of Rep- resentatives sat with closed doors ; which was the occasion of some complaint ; as if Congress proposed and ...
... operation . A report was early made respecting the Indian tribes in the United States ; and on this occasion the House of Rep- resentatives sat with closed doors ; which was the occasion of some complaint ; as if Congress proposed and ...
Side 32
... operation of the laws of the State within such district or territory , should not be affected by the ces- sion , till the time fixed for the removal of the government thereto , and until Congress should otherwise provide by law ...
... operation of the laws of the State within such district or territory , should not be affected by the ces- sion , till the time fixed for the removal of the government thereto , and until Congress should otherwise provide by law ...
Side 35
... operations of the federal government , or to ac- complish all the purposes it was designed to effect . At the two former meetings , Congress had been diligent and faith- ful in setting the great political machine in motion ; but time ...
... operations of the federal government , or to ac- complish all the purposes it was designed to effect . At the two former meetings , Congress had been diligent and faith- ful in setting the great political machine in motion ; but time ...
Side 38
... operation . The nature of the government was in some respects peculiar . Its powers were to be exercised strictly , or fairly , according to the Constitution ; and it was difficult to discriminate , in all eases , between the power of ...
... operation . The nature of the government was in some respects peculiar . Its powers were to be exercised strictly , or fairly , according to the Constitution ; and it was difficult to discriminate , in all eases , between the power of ...
Side 40
... operations of the United States were of- fensive and unjust . But the western frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania , were then fast settling , and it became necessary for the general government to afford protection to the inhabitants ...
... operations of the United States were of- fensive and unjust . But the western frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania , were then fast settling , and it became necessary for the general government to afford protection to the inhabitants ...
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History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
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Side 459 - ... 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 the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Side 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Side 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Side 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Side 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Side 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Side 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Side 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Side 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Side 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.