Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks : Being a Sequel to Dr. Chapman's Select Speeches, Volume 2J. W. Campbell, 1815 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... tion : But , for us to give up the claim altogether because the other party to the compact thought proper to disallow our construction of it , was in effect to admit nothing less than that Great Britain had a better right than the ...
... tion : But , for us to give up the claim altogether because the other party to the compact thought proper to disallow our construction of it , was in effect to admit nothing less than that Great Britain had a better right than the ...
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... tion . Another very extraordinary feature in this part of the treaty , sir , is the permission that it grants to aliens to hold lands in perpetuity . I will not inquire how far this may be authorised by constitutional principles , but I ...
... tion . Another very extraordinary feature in this part of the treaty , sir , is the permission that it grants to aliens to hold lands in perpetuity . I will not inquire how far this may be authorised by constitutional principles , but I ...
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... tion itself . Let us examine it more nearly . A treaty is a bargain between nations , binding in good faith : and what makes a bargain ? The assent of the contracting parties . We allow , that the treaty power is not in this house ...
... tion itself . Let us examine it more nearly . A treaty is a bargain between nations , binding in good faith : and what makes a bargain ? The assent of the contracting parties . We allow , that the treaty power is not in this house ...
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... tion . Be it so . What follows ? Treaties , when adjudged by us to be inexpedient , fall to the ground , and the public faith is not hurt . This , incredible and extravagant as it may seem , is asserted . The amount of it , in plainer ...
... tion . Be it so . What follows ? Treaties , when adjudged by us to be inexpedient , fall to the ground , and the public faith is not hurt . This , incredible and extravagant as it may seem , is asserted . The amount of it , in plainer ...
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... to go into operation silently , like our other treaties , so little altera- tion of any sort would be made by it in the great mass of VOL . II . E our commercial and agricultural concerns , that it would not the British Treaty . 33.
... to go into operation silently , like our other treaties , so little altera- tion of any sort would be made by it in the great mass of VOL . II . E our commercial and agricultural concerns , that it would not the British Treaty . 33.
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Page 335 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied — that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose — all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 91 - If they were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the judges as an infringement of the constitution which they are to guard. They would not consider such a law as coming under their jurisdiction. They would declare it void.
Page 314 - Such was the state of Eden when the serpent entered its bowers. The prisoner, in a more engaging form, winding himself into the open and unpractised heart of the unfortunate...
Page 202 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, and the decision is...
Page 315 - Yet this unfortunate man, thus deluded from his interest and his happiness, thus seduced from the paths of innocence and peace, thus confounded in the toils that were deliberately spread for him, and overwhelmed by the mastering spirit and genius of another — this man, thus ruined and undone and made to play a subordinate part in this grand drama of guilt and treason, this man is to be called the principal offender, while he, by whom he was thus plunged in misery, is comparatively innocent, a mere...
Page 52 - On this theme, my emotions are unutterable. If I could find words for them — if my powers bore any proportion to my zeal — I would swell my voice to such a note of remonstrance it should reach every log-house beyond the mountains.
Page 59 - Let us not hesitate then to agree to the appropriation to carry it into faithful execution. Thus we shall save the faith of our nation, secure its peace, and diffuse the spirit of confidence and enterprise that will augment its prosperity. The progress of wealth and improvement is wonderful, and, some will think, too rapid. The field for exertion is fruitful and...
Page 313 - Blennerhassett's character, that on his arrival in America he retired even from the population of the Atlantic States, and sought quiet and solitude in the bosom of our Western forests.
Page 309 - ... escape of those who are more immediately engaged. They are all, provided the fact be committed, in the eye of the law present at it; for it was made a common cause with them, each man operated in his station at one and the same instant towards the same common end; and the part each man took tended to give countenance, encouragement and protection to the whole gang, and to insure the success of their common enterprise.
Page 90 - In a monarchy it is an excellent barrier to the despotism of the prince ; in a republic it is a no less excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body. And it is the best expedient which can be devised in any government, to secure a steady, upright, and impartial administration of the laws.