A Review of the Unconstitutional Laws, of the Twelfth Legislature of Texas: And the Oppressions of the Present Administrations ExposedJ.D. Lipscomb & Company, 1872 - 162 pages |
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... destroy their constitutional and legal rights , passed the act entitled " An act to provide for the enrollment of the Militia , the organization and discipline of the State Guard and for the public defence . " In Section 1st they ...
... destroy their constitutional and legal rights , passed the act entitled " An act to provide for the enrollment of the Militia , the organization and discipline of the State Guard and for the public defence . " In Section 1st they ...
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... destroy the whole fabric and machinery of the civil government of the State , and erect upon its ruins a strange military despotism , maintained and sup- ported by a standing army , unlimited in numbers . And we fear that there is much ...
... destroy the whole fabric and machinery of the civil government of the State , and erect upon its ruins a strange military despotism , maintained and sup- ported by a standing army , unlimited in numbers . And we fear that there is much ...
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... destroy , suppress , alter or conceal , or in any wise muti- late or destroy the same so as to prevent the lawful use of such book or books of registration , such persons shall be " & c . We see that this section does not define the ...
... destroy , suppress , alter or conceal , or in any wise muti- late or destroy the same so as to prevent the lawful use of such book or books of registration , such persons shall be " & c . We see that this section does not define the ...
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... destroyed for the space of one year and five months . If the Legislature has the power to do this , may it not by the exercise of that same power do away with the Judicial department of the govenment , and concentrate all the powers of ...
... destroyed for the space of one year and five months . If the Legislature has the power to do this , may it not by the exercise of that same power do away with the Judicial department of the govenment , and concentrate all the powers of ...
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... may effectually by force control them for partisan purposes . We care not if the Governor be as just and as pure a man as was the immortal Washington , it would even then be wrong to place in his hands the power to destroy the liberties 30.
... may effectually by force control them for partisan purposes . We care not if the Governor be as just and as pure a man as was the immortal Washington , it would even then be wrong to place in his hands the power to destroy the liberties 30.
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Page 162 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, "Brutus" will start a spirit as soon as "Caesar." Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great ? Age, thou art sham'd!
Page 138 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation subscribed to by the affiant.
Page 30 - Rights" is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate, and all laws contrary thereto, or to the following provisions, shall be void.
Page 30 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in derision.
Page 31 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Page 25 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 103 - Coke observes,) (c) they are grounded upon and enforce the laws of the realm. For, though the making of laws is entirely the work of a distinct part, the legislative branch of the sovereign...
Page 78 - The unlimited power to grant office, and to take it away, gives a command over the hopes and fears of a vast multitude of men. It is generally true, that he who controls another man's means of living controls his will. Where there are favors to be granted, there are usually enough to solicit for them ; and when favors once granted may be withdrawn at pleasure, there is ordinarily little security for personal independence of character. The power of giving office thus affects the fears of all who are...
Page 94 - First, that every civil right grows out of a natural right ; or, in other words, is a natural right exchanged. Secondly, That civil power properly considered as such, is made np of the aggregate of that class of the natural rights of man, which becomes defective in the individual in point of power, and answers not his purpose ; but when collected to a focus, becomes competent to the purpose of every one.
Page 64 - Taxation shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. All property in this State shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as directed by law...