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... tion . It is the true wisdom of these governments to keep their action as distinct as possible . The general government should not seek to operate where the States can operate with more ad- vantage to the community ; nor should the ...
... tion . It is the true wisdom of these governments to keep their action as distinct as possible . The general government should not seek to operate where the States can operate with more ad- vantage to the community ; nor should the ...
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... tion visiting the ports of New York , and leaving it free every- where else , is giving a preference to the citizens of other States over those of New York . This Congress could not do ; and yet the State does it ; so that this power ...
... tion visiting the ports of New York , and leaving it free every- where else , is giving a preference to the citizens of other States over those of New York . This Congress could not do ; and yet the State does it ; so that this power ...
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... tion , it has been said , that Congress has only provided for ascer- taining the ownership and property of vessels , but has not pre- scribed to what use they may be applied . But this is an ob- vious error . The whole object of the act ...
... tion , it has been said , that Congress has only provided for ascer- taining the ownership and property of vessels , but has not pre- scribed to what use they may be applied . But this is an ob- vious error . The whole object of the act ...
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... tion of conferring rewards in such cases , grant monopolies , the enjoyment of which is essentially incompatible with the exer- cise of rights possessed under the laws of the United States . I shall insist , however , the less on these ...
... tion of conferring rewards in such cases , grant monopolies , the enjoyment of which is essentially incompatible with the exer- cise of rights possessed under the laws of the United States . I shall insist , however , the less on these ...
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... tion ; and this , it is submitted , they have wholly failed to do , unless they shall have established the doctrine that the law it- self is part of the contract . It may be added , that the particu- lar expression of the Constitution ...
... tion ; and this , it is submitted , they have wholly failed to do , unless they shall have established the doctrine that the law it- self is part of the contract . It may be added , that the particu- lar expression of the Constitution ...
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Page 547 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 548 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
Page 588 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 111 - States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 298 - Government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.
Page 365 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 573 - It is a thing well to be considered ; for the surest way to prevent seditions (if the times do bear it) is to take away the matter of them. For if there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
Page 151 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 364 - It is agreed that the United States and Her Britannic Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their Ministers, officers, or authorities, respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum or shall be found within the territories of the other...
Page 477 - I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me, under date of the...