The Columbian Union: Consisting of General and Particular Explanations of Government, and the Columbian Constitution ...author, 1815 - 195 pages |
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... Annual meetings of State , Article II . G - Sovereign Officers constituting a legislative body in every town , county and district , similar to Con- gress , Article III . H - Sect . 2 . I - Proportioned number of officers , every fifth ...
... Annual meetings of State , Article II . G - Sovereign Officers constituting a legislative body in every town , county and district , similar to Con- gress , Article III . H - Sect . 2 . I - Proportioned number of officers , every fifth ...
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... Annual expense of government , $ 2,207,563 16 , Sect . 2 . Officers now in office may continue but change their titles , · 49 ib .. 51-151 52 53 54 57 - ib . ib.ib. 59 ib .-- 153 Y - The ruin of our several states by clashing opposi ...
... Annual expense of government , $ 2,207,563 16 , Sect . 2 . Officers now in office may continue but change their titles , · 49 ib .. 51-151 52 53 54 57 - ib . ib.ib. 59 ib .-- 153 Y - The ruin of our several states by clashing opposi ...
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... annual turns of government , according to ability and chance ; to write , read , hear and speak , in all the latitudes and subjects of the world according to the common in- terest and general obedience , to the will of the ma- jority of ...
... annual turns of government , according to ability and chance ; to write , read , hear and speak , in all the latitudes and subjects of the world according to the common in- terest and general obedience , to the will of the ma- jority of ...
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... against the taxation , and perpetual war , in which a few rebels of hereditary human nature in the powers of darkness delight to glory . The Columbian constitution allows of only sovereign servants annually accountable 20 EXPLANATIONS OF.
... against the taxation , and perpetual war , in which a few rebels of hereditary human nature in the powers of darkness delight to glory . The Columbian constitution allows of only sovereign servants annually accountable 20 EXPLANATIONS OF.
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... annually accountable to the people , and unless they are the best of men , can have nothing to do with the palace , but for one campaign ; all have an equal chance , even the poorest are annually in the secrets of their executive ...
... annually accountable to the people , and unless they are the best of men , can have nothing to do with the palace , but for one campaign ; all have an equal chance , even the poorest are annually in the secrets of their executive ...
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Page 102 - Congress. No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 98 - Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust, or profit under the United States ; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according
Page 65 - ... to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and every such person or persons, with their ships, arms, ammunition and other goods, as shall, in a hostile manner, invade, or attempt the invading, conquering, or annoying this Commonwealth...
Page 105 - ... the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States. SECT. 4. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III. SECT. 1. The judicial...
Page 124 - Wonderful people! Ages to come will read with astonishment the history of your brilliant exploits. I rejoice that the period of your toils and of your immense sacrifices is approaching.
Page 123 - ... my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.
Page 181 - Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses. nor fine furniture.
Page 124 - I rejoice that liberty, which you have so long embraced with enthusiasm ; liberty, of which you have been the invincible defenders, now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized Government; a Government, which, being formed to secure the happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States by its resemblance to their own. On these glorious events, accept, sir, my sincere congratulations.
Page 117 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?