The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volume 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 |
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... majority of the people of the United States has approved and continue to approve it . Every chief magistrate of the United States , from Washington to the present , in some form or other , has given to it the authority of his name ; and ...
... majority of the people of the United States has approved and continue to approve it . Every chief magistrate of the United States , from Washington to the present , in some form or other , has given to it the authority of his name ; and ...
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... majority , and he has admonished them to exercise their power in moderation . The majority ought never to trample upon the feelings , or violate the just rights of the minority . They ought never to tri- ampn over the fallen , nor to ...
... majority , and he has admonished them to exercise their power in moderation . The majority ought never to trample upon the feelings , or violate the just rights of the minority . They ought never to tri- ampn over the fallen , nor to ...
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... majority →→ a political majority . And how has the administration of that major- ity exercised their power in this country ? Recall to your recollec- tion the 4th of March , 1829 , when the lank , lean , famished forms , from fen and ...
... majority →→ a political majority . And how has the administration of that major- ity exercised their power in this country ? Recall to your recollec- tion the 4th of March , 1829 , when the lank , lean , famished forms , from fen and ...
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... majority of the people , measures of protection have only been carried by such small majorities as to excite hopes on the one hand , and fears on the other , Let the country breathe , let its vast resources be developed , let its ...
... majority of the people , measures of protection have only been carried by such small majorities as to excite hopes on the one hand , and fears on the other , Let the country breathe , let its vast resources be developed , let its ...
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... majority must govern ; from which there is or can be no appeal but to the sword . That ma- jority ought to govern wisely , equitably , moderately and constitu- tionally , but govern it must , subject only to that terrible appeal . If ...
... majority must govern ; from which there is or can be no appeal but to the sword . That ma- jority ought to govern wisely , equitably , moderately and constitu- tionally , but govern it must , subject only to that terrible appeal . If ...
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Page 180 - ... any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...
Page 120 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States...
Page 86 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 181 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 291 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 162 - Yes, I have ambition ; but it is the ambition of being the humble instrument, in the hands of Providence, to reconcile a divided people ; once more to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land ; the pleasing ambition of contemplating the glorious spectacle of a free, united, prosperous, and fraternal people ! 19.
Page 175 - But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that the individual who considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy.
Page 85 - Suspicions are entertained and charges are made of gross abuse and violation of its charter. An investigation unwillingly conceded and so restricted in time as necessarily to make it incomplete and unsatisfactory discloses enough to excite suspicion and alarm.
Page 29 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 180 - States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.