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... amount and payment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in times of peace , standing armies ...
... amount and payment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in times of peace , standing armies ...
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... amount to twenty - five , after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the Legislature ; Provided , That no person be eligible or qual- ified to act as a representative , unless he shall ORDINANCE OF ...
... amount to twenty - five , after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the Legislature ; Provided , That no person be eligible or qual- ified to act as a representative , unless he shall ORDINANCE OF ...
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... amount raised by them is greater than is required by the wants of the Government ; and , finally , that the proceeds are to be applied to objects un- authorized by the Constitution . These are the only causes alleged to justify an open ...
... amount raised by them is greater than is required by the wants of the Government ; and , finally , that the proceeds are to be applied to objects un- authorized by the Constitution . These are the only causes alleged to justify an open ...
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... we do not ap- prove - in that the amount raised is more than is wanted . Congress , it is true , is invested by the Constitution with the right of deciding these questions according to their sound 8 PROCLAMATION OF ANDREW JACKSON . 89.
... we do not ap- prove - in that the amount raised is more than is wanted . Congress , it is true , is invested by the Constitution with the right of deciding these questions according to their sound 8 PROCLAMATION OF ANDREW JACKSON . 89.
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... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves , the said writs of error or ...
... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves , the said writs of error or ...
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Page 153 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 21 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Page 21 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 72 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 24 - And the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 25 - ... or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each State, on any question, shall be entered on the journal when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a State, or any of them...
Page 78 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Page 31 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 153 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Page 526 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...