The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 Seiten |
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... taken possession of them . Whenever , therefore , a nation first discovers unin- habited lands , it has a right to take possession of them , and its title will be regarded by other nations as good , provided the discovery is followed up ...
... taken possession of them . Whenever , therefore , a nation first discovers unin- habited lands , it has a right to take possession of them , and its title will be regarded by other nations as good , provided the discovery is followed up ...
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... taken by colonies , the delegation from each colony having one vote , which was determined by a majority of the delegates : for instance , if a colony had seven delegates in Congress , they would cast but one vote , which was determined ...
... taken by colonies , the delegation from each colony having one vote , which was determined by a majority of the delegates : for instance , if a colony had seven delegates in Congress , they would cast but one vote , which was determined ...
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... than three , nor more than seven in number , to meet in congress . Each State was to support the expenses of its own delegates . In deciding questions , the votes were taken by States , each ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . 15.
... than three , nor more than seven in number , to meet in congress . Each State was to support the expenses of its own delegates . In deciding questions , the votes were taken by States , each ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . 15.
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... taken by States , each State hav ing a single vote . § 28. All the expenses of the war and for the general welfare were to be supplied by the several States , in proportion to the value of the lands and improvements thereon in each ...
... taken by States , each State hav ing a single vote . § 28. All the expenses of the war and for the general welfare were to be supplied by the several States , in proportion to the value of the lands and improvements thereon in each ...
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... laid , unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken . [ 5 ] No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State . [ No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of CONSTITUTION . 33.
... laid , unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken . [ 5 ] No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State . [ No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of CONSTITUTION . 33.
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Seite 282 - The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles.
Seite 281 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Seite 28 - Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Seite 271 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Seite 42 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 69 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Seite 285 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Seite 34 - ... §7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. §8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign...
Seite 292 - I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism ; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.
Seite 31 - States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...