The Plan of the American Union, and the Structure of Its Government, Explained and DefendedSherwood & Company, 1848 - 168 sider |
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Side 41
... absolute right to rule . So deeply impressed are some with this idea , they cannot perceive wisdom or justice in any constitution in conflict with it . Be- ing forced by experience to acknowledge these as char- acteristics of ours ...
... absolute right to rule . So deeply impressed are some with this idea , they cannot perceive wisdom or justice in any constitution in conflict with it . Be- ing forced by experience to acknowledge these as char- acteristics of ours ...
Side 42
... absolute , and despotic control of the rest . It cannot be a natural right ; and in no classification of natural rights , by any writer upon ethics , is it embraced . It is purely adventitious , derived from the assent of the governed ...
... absolute , and despotic control of the rest . It cannot be a natural right ; and in no classification of natural rights , by any writer upon ethics , is it embraced . It is purely adventitious , derived from the assent of the governed ...
Side 52
... absolute numbers , but altogether arbitrary , and evidently the effect of compromise be- tween sovereign states . Besides , in apportioning to each state its number of representatives , unrepresented fractions must always remain , which ...
... absolute numbers , but altogether arbitrary , and evidently the effect of compromise be- tween sovereign states . Besides , in apportioning to each state its number of representatives , unrepresented fractions must always remain , which ...
Side 55
... absolute monarchy . If confided in the same degree , to a par- ticular class of persons , it may be termed an absolute aristocracy . If exercised by the people at large , it is an absolute democracy . If each of these powers be ...
... absolute monarchy . If confided in the same degree , to a par- ticular class of persons , it may be termed an absolute aristocracy . If exercised by the people at large , it is an absolute democracy . If each of these powers be ...
Side 93
... absolute or qualified , and if the latter , what majority of each house should be requisite to overcome it . The qualified form was approved and vested in the President alone , by the vote of eight states against two , and it was ...
... absolute or qualified , and if the latter , what majority of each house should be requisite to overcome it . The qualified form was approved and vested in the President alone , by the vote of eight states against two , and it was ...
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Side 9 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Side 11 - ... united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the united states in congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Side 16 - ... of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be...
Side 15 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state, on any question, shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Side 13 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Side 11 - ... of establishing rules for deciding, in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Side 14 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defense and welfare of the United States...
Side 15 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Side 13 - ... take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried, 'well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward :' provided, also, that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Side 8 - WHEREAS the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and in the second year of the independence of America, agree to certain articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,...