 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 sider
...amendment in the way which the constitution designates.—But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.—The precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient... | |
 | George Washington - 1838 - 114 sider
...amendment, in the way which the Constitution designates : But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...The precedent must, always, greatly over-balance, iu- permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can, at any time, yield. Of all... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 376 sider
...amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 sider
...free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can at...religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars... | |
 | 1840 - 128 sider
...amendment in the way in which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 sider
...amendment, in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit, which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1840 - 256 sider
...amendment in the way which the cosistitutiotj designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...is the customary weapon by which free governments aredestroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient... | |
 | Edward Currier - 1841 - 474 sider
...amendment in the way in which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits... | |
 | 1841 - 460 sider
...amendment in the way in which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits... | |
 | United States. President - 1842 - 794 sider
...amendment in the way in which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this in one instance may be the instrument...must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits... | |
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If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though... 
