The American Politician: Containing the Declaration of the Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished Characters |
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... attention , that of providing for the common defence will merit particular regard . To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace . A free people ought not only to be armed , but disci- plined ; to which ...
... attention , that of providing for the common defence will merit particular regard . To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace . A free people ought not only to be armed , but disci- plined ; to which ...
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... attention to the post - office and post - roads . Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and litera- ture . Knowledge ...
... attention to the post - office and post - roads . Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and litera- ture . Knowledge ...
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... attention to it , satisfaction in its admin- istration , and delight in its effects upon the peace , order , prosperity , and happiness of the nation , I have acquired an habitual attachment to it , and veneration for it . What other ...
... attention to it , satisfaction in its admin- istration , and delight in its effects upon the peace , order , prosperity , and happiness of the nation , I have acquired an habitual attachment to it , and veneration for it . What other ...
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... until it shall be altered by the judgments and wishes of the people , expressed in the mode prescribed in it ; if a respectful attention to the constitutions of the individual states , and a constant ADAMS'S INAUGURAL ADDress . 55.
... until it shall be altered by the judgments and wishes of the people , expressed in the mode prescribed in it ; if a respectful attention to the constitutions of the individual states , and a constant ADAMS'S INAUGURAL ADDress . 55.
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... attention , they may be made an important source of re- ceipt . Among the payments , those made in discharge of the principal and interest of the national debt , will show that the public faith has been exactly maintained . To these ...
... attention , they may be made an important source of re- ceipt . Among the payments , those made in discharge of the principal and interest of the national debt , will show that the public faith has been exactly maintained . To these ...
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Page 13 - ... 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 23 - But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 23 - ... remember especially that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian.
Page 23 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 19 - 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 23 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 23 - Let it simply be asked. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 14 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 17 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 16 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water...