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... Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. A 449824 Front Cover.
... Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. A 449824 Front Cover.
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... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. CONTENTS . An analytical INDEX of the Constitution and amendments will be found at page xxxiii , and an INDEX to the residue of the matter contained in this volume , will be found ...
... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. CONTENTS . An analytical INDEX of the Constitution and amendments will be found at page xxxiii , and an INDEX to the residue of the matter contained in this volume , will be found ...
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... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. I. - Resolution of Congress to provide for commencing proceedings under the Constitution Page . 150 CHAPTER IV . 1. Laws and parts of laws relating to the con- tinued organization ...
... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. I. - Resolution of Congress to provide for commencing proceedings under the Constitution Page . 150 CHAPTER IV . 1. Laws and parts of laws relating to the con- tinued organization ...
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... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. would then seek by their own means to possess it ; and thus , as a mustard seed would it multiply , and its salutary principles be extended . Nor could any means more convenient ...
... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. would then seek by their own means to possess it ; and thus , as a mustard seed would it multiply , and its salutary principles be extended . Nor could any means more convenient ...
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... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. would be propriety and justice in the dedication of it to this distinguished statesman , and through him to the American people . The compiler , diffident of his own ability to do ...
... Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution William Hickey. would be propriety and justice in the dedication of it to this distinguished statesman , and through him to the American people . The compiler , diffident of his own ability to do ...
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Page xxiv - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 196 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 33 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page xxv - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.