The Political Text Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers; the Constitution of the United States; the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents, from Washington to Tyler; the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson; and a Variety of Useful Tables, Etc |
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... character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant , is unfit to be the ruler of a free people . Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren . We have warned them , from time to time , of the attempts ...
... character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant , is unfit to be the ruler of a free people . Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren . We have warned them , from time to time , of the attempts ...
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... characters . His patriotism never lost its earnestness and elevation . It was our good for- tune , in our youth , to pass months at a time under his roof , and we never left his mansion without additional 26 POLITICAL TEXT BOOK .
... characters . His patriotism never lost its earnestness and elevation . It was our good for- tune , in our youth , to pass months at a time under his roof , and we never left his mansion without additional 26 POLITICAL TEXT BOOK .
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... character . Two men had been tarred and feathered in the public streets , on an occasion of some popular excitement . The investigation of the case was undertaken by him , in the issue of which he caused two respectable and influential ...
... character . Two men had been tarred and feathered in the public streets , on an occasion of some popular excitement . The investigation of the case was undertaken by him , in the issue of which he caused two respectable and influential ...
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... character soon rendered him popular , and on the commencement of the troubles with the mother country , he was chosen one of the New Jersey delegation to the Continental Congress . Of this body he was a member for a considerable period ...
... character soon rendered him popular , and on the commencement of the troubles with the mother country , he was chosen one of the New Jersey delegation to the Continental Congress . Of this body he was a member for a considerable period ...
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... character amiable and pure , and his integ- rity inviolable . He was singularly punctual in the dis- charge of his duties , and was a man of extensive infor- mation and the smallest pretensions . WILLIAM ELLERY . WILLIAM ELLERY was born ...
... character amiable and pure , and his integ- rity inviolable . He was singularly punctual in the dis- charge of his duties , and was a man of extensive infor- mation and the smallest pretensions . WILLIAM ELLERY . WILLIAM ELLERY was born ...
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Page 123 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 115 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 151 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 397 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 150 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Page 129 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 401 - So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 392 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 121 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 392 - Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.