Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... duty to speak of them in a manner , that may perhaps give offence to men whom I esteem , and who seem to think differently on this subject ; none , however , I can assure them , is in- tended . I have seen measures carried in this House ...
... duty to speak of them in a manner , that may perhaps give offence to men whom I esteem , and who seem to think differently on this subject ; none , however , I can assure them , is in- tended . I have seen measures carried in this House ...
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... duty to withhold the appropriation . Consequently , it may re- fuse to appropriate for a minister to Lisbon , Berlin , or any other place , if it should think such minister , though appointed by the President and senate , unnecessary or ...
... duty to withhold the appropriation . Consequently , it may re- fuse to appropriate for a minister to Lisbon , Berlin , or any other place , if it should think such minister , though appointed by the President and senate , unnecessary or ...
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... duty , by the nature of the office , the cir- cumstances of the country , and the public service . Thus the constitution would be reconciled , and each department would act within its proper sphere . The President and senate could make ...
... duty , by the nature of the office , the cir- cumstances of the country , and the public service . Thus the constitution would be reconciled , and each department would act within its proper sphere . The President and senate could make ...
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... and to form treaties with other powers . This law then became binding on us , by our own consent and our own acts ; and this law establishes the office , regulates the duties , and defines 32 MR . HARPER'S SPEECH ON THE.
... and to form treaties with other powers . This law then became binding on us , by our own consent and our own acts ; and this law establishes the office , regulates the duties , and defines 32 MR . HARPER'S SPEECH ON THE.
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establishes the office , regulates the duties , and defines the privileges of foreign ministers . That office , con- sequently , was established among us , as soon as we submitted ourselves to the law of nations . According- ly , we had ...
establishes the office , regulates the duties , and defines the privileges of foreign ministers . That office , con- sequently , was established among us , as soon as we submitted ourselves to the law of nations . According- ly , we had ...
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Page 67 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 67 - 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...
Page 303 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Page 213 - 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...
Page 119 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 302 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 412 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. ,It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 348 - In matters of religion I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the General Government. I have therefore undertaken on no occasion to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it, but have left them, as the Constitution found them, under the direction and discipline of the church or state authorities acknowledged by the several religious societies.
Page 429 - Union are virtually dissolved ; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.