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... America has still a long vista of years stretch- ing before her in which she will enjoy conditions far more auspicious than Eng- land can count upon . And that America marks the highest level , not only of material well - being but of ...
... America has still a long vista of years stretch- ing before her in which she will enjoy conditions far more auspicious than Eng- land can count upon . And that America marks the highest level , not only of material well - being but of ...
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... America , ' thus laments the loss of French ascendency in North Amer- ica : " There was a time when we might also have created a great French nation in the American wilds , to counterbal- ance the influence of the English upon the ...
... America , ' thus laments the loss of French ascendency in North Amer- ica : " There was a time when we might also have created a great French nation in the American wilds , to counterbal- ance the influence of the English upon the ...
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... America . Probably there did not then exist a human being capable of estimating the influence and consequence of that careless act of the king . Is it at all strange that when , more than a hundred years later , the American people came ...
... America . Probably there did not then exist a human being capable of estimating the influence and consequence of that careless act of the king . Is it at all strange that when , more than a hundred years later , the American people came ...
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... America . In 1766 such an act was passed . The repeal and the declaration went together . But when the bill was in- troduced , party strife ran high in Parliament . Mr. Pitt , afterwards Lord Chatham , was then in the opposition , and ...
... America . In 1766 such an act was passed . The repeal and the declaration went together . But when the bill was in- troduced , party strife ran high in Parliament . Mr. Pitt , afterwards Lord Chatham , was then in the opposition , and ...
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... America . While it is plain to see that if the right was conceded by the colonists , it im- plied a concession that was , theoretically at least , fatal to their liberties , for , as was said , the right to tax a penny im- plied the ...
... America . While it is plain to see that if the right was conceded by the colonists , it im- plied a concession that was , theoretically at least , fatal to their liberties , for , as was said , the right to tax a penny im- plied the ...
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Page 352 - ... 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 356 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 344 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 354 - 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 349 - 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 344 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the united states, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the united states — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The united states in congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated
Page 125 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact...
Page 172 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Page 177 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 249 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...