The History of the United States of America, Volume 4Harper & brothers, 1879 - United States |
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... vote at the election of president , nor had she during the great- er part of the first session of Congress any representa- tives in the federal Senate . There were in Pennsylvania , as we have seen already , some very warm and active ...
... vote at the election of president , nor had she during the great- er part of the first session of Congress any representa- tives in the federal Senate . There were in Pennsylvania , as we have seen already , some very warm and active ...
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... vote of the two branches , in others by joint ballot . 1789 Feb. The electors thus chosen met in their respective ... votes , Henry having uttered a philippic against him in the Assembly . These two Virginians were the only professed ...
... vote of the two branches , in others by joint ballot . 1789 Feb. The electors thus chosen met in their respective ... votes , Henry having uttered a philippic against him in the Assembly . These two Virginians were the only professed ...
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... vote , that is , by each house acting sepa- rately , and having a negative on the other , or by joint ballot of both houses meeting together and voting as one body , the general practice where the election of state of- ficers was vested ...
... vote , that is , by each house acting sepa- rately , and having a negative on the other , or by joint ballot of both houses meeting together and voting as one body , the general practice where the election of state of- ficers was vested ...
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... voted for ratifying , yet he , as well as Governor Hancock , was an advocate for amendments , and the Federalists , who knew that his tal ent was greater for pulling down than for building up , did not choose to trust him as a ...
... voted for ratifying , yet he , as well as Governor Hancock , was an advocate for amendments , and the Federalists , who knew that his tal ent was greater for pulling down than for building up , did not choose to trust him as a ...
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... vote . The two Georgia repre- sentatives were both able men : Abraham Baldwin , an immigrant from Connecticut , since the peace , had been one of the Georgia delegates in the Federal Convention ; James Jackson , his colleague , born in ...
... vote . The two Georgia repre- sentatives were both able men : Abraham Baldwin , an immigrant from Connecticut , since the peace , had been one of the Georgia delegates in the Federal Convention ; James Jackson , his colleague , born in ...
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Page 674 - ... constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion...
Page 166 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Page 102 - State; he shall digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of the public credit...
Page 605 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
Page 351 - The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution, I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 598 - No, sir: it will not be peace, but a sword: it will be no better than a lure to draw victims within the reach of the tomahawk. On this theme, my emotions are unutterable. If I could find words for them — if my powers bore any proportion to my zeal — I would swell my voice to such a note of remonstrance it should reach every log-house beyond the mountains.
Page 193 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 190 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 349 - I considered myself as compelled to this conduct by reasons public as well as personal, of the most cogent nature. I know that I have been an object of uniform opposition from Mr. Jefferson, from the moment of his coming to the city of New- York to enter upon his present office. I know from the most authentic sources, that I have been the frequent subject of the most unkind whispers and insinuations from the same quarter. I have long seen a formed party in the legislature under his auspices, bent...
Page 352 - I acknowledge and avow; and this was not merely a speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over members of the legislature.