The Lives of James Madison and James Monroe, Fourth and Fifth Presidents of the United States |
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... Senate , of the Executive , of the Judiciary , and the bearing of the whole system upon the militia , the commerce and revenues , the military and naval establishments , and to the public economy , it was doubtless because both from ...
... Senate , of the Executive , of the Judiciary , and the bearing of the whole system upon the militia , the commerce and revenues , the military and naval establishments , and to the public economy , it was doubtless because both from ...
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... Senate , to the President , to the Judicial Power , to the treaty making power , to the control given to Con- gress over the militia , and especially to the omission of a Bill of Rights - seconded and sustained with great ability by ...
... Senate , to the President , to the Judicial Power , to the treaty making power , to the control given to Con- gress over the militia , and especially to the omission of a Bill of Rights - seconded and sustained with great ability by ...
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... Senate as Vice President of the United States . This was the effect of a provision in the Constitution , which has since been altered by an amendment . It was one of the new experiments in Government , attempted by the Constitution ...
... Senate as Vice President of the United States . This was the effect of a provision in the Constitution , which has since been altered by an amendment . It was one of the new experiments in Government , attempted by the Constitution ...
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... Senate , and as contingently his successor . The principles of the administration of Washington were pursued by his immediate successor . The op- position to them was encouraged and fortified by the position of their leader in the ...
... Senate , and as contingently his successor . The principles of the administration of Washington were pursued by his immediate successor . The op- position to them was encouraged and fortified by the position of their leader in the ...
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... Senate , and Mr. Madison , at the close of the adminis- tration of Washington , had relinquished his seat in the House of Representatives of the Union . Devoted in friendship to the person , and in policy to the views of Mr. Jefferson ...
... Senate , and Mr. Madison , at the close of the adminis- tration of Washington , had relinquished his seat in the House of Representatives of the Union . Devoted in friendship to the person , and in policy to the views of Mr. Jefferson ...
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Page 221 - FROM harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 106 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 37 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 70 - States," and from its extreme anxiety to guard these rights from every possible attack of sophistry and ambition, having with other States, recommended an amendment for that purpose, which amendment was, in due time, annexed to the Constitution, it would mark a reproachful "inconsistency, and criminal degeneracy, if an indifference were now...
Page 365 - ... regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United States.
Page 70 - ... 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.
Page 225 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 24 - Let it be remembered, finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
Page 70 - Constitution, expressly declared, " that among other essential rights, the liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by any authority of the United States...
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