The United States Democratic Review, Volume 29J.& H.G. Langley, 1851 - United States Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... true ground of direct responsibility to the people by elec tion ; and has also , in most cases , made all the executive officers , both local and general , elective . The executive head is thus severed from the judiciary , and his ...
... true ground of direct responsibility to the people by elec tion ; and has also , in most cases , made all the executive officers , both local and general , elective . The executive head is thus severed from the judiciary , and his ...
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... true that in New - York the Seward party have passed a law to borrow money for purposes of party corruption ; but they have preserved a show of respect to the Constitution , by attempting , however sophistically , to show that the debt ...
... true that in New - York the Seward party have passed a law to borrow money for purposes of party corruption ; but they have preserved a show of respect to the Constitution , by attempting , however sophistically , to show that the debt ...
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... true . The white man is de- ceitful , full of lies , full of corruption . The Indian , when his passionate and impulsive temperament has not been defiled by contact with the vile pale face , is high - souled , warm - hearted and noble ...
... true . The white man is de- ceitful , full of lies , full of corruption . The Indian , when his passionate and impulsive temperament has not been defiled by contact with the vile pale face , is high - souled , warm - hearted and noble ...
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... true home and family . My father related , in detail , the history of my abduction , which , in an abridged form , I will give to the reader now , as I received it in after years ; for there was much of it that , at the time , I did not ...
... true home and family . My father related , in detail , the history of my abduction , which , in an abridged form , I will give to the reader now , as I received it in after years ; for there was much of it that , at the time , I did not ...
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... true poets . He brought only his thin MSS . , and a letter from a charming lady , who was temporarily detained in the province . That lady , very intellectual , although a royalist , recommended the young poet to one of her friends in ...
... true poets . He brought only his thin MSS . , and a letter from a charming lady , who was temporarily detained in the province . That lady , very intellectual , although a royalist , recommended the young poet to one of her friends in ...
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Page 357 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains...
Page 7 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 9 - The Legislature shall not, in any manner, create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall, singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except in case of war to repel invasion or suppress insurrection...
Page 9 - ... no such law shall take effect until, at a general election, it shall have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election...
Page 357 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 358 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Page 7 - ... sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 136 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Page 9 - ... such law shall be applied only to the specific object therein stated, or to the payment of the debt thereby created...
Page 494 - A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.