The Republic of the United States of America: And Its Political Institutions, Reviewed and ExaminedA.S. Barnes & Company, 1855 - 875 Seiten |
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... hand , where they seemed necessary to correct errors of the printer or translator . In submitting this edition to the public , great gratification is felt at the evidence it affords of one mistake in our author's anti- cipations of the ...
... hand , where they seemed necessary to correct errors of the printer or translator . In submitting this edition to the public , great gratification is felt at the evidence it affords of one mistake in our author's anti- cipations of the ...
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... hand , turned to the advantage of the democracy ; and even when they were in the possession of its ad- versaries , they still served its cause by throwing into relief the natu ral greatness of man ; its conquests spread , therefore ...
... hand , turned to the advantage of the democracy ; and even when they were in the possession of its ad- versaries , they still served its cause by throwing into relief the natu ral greatness of man ; its conquests spread , therefore ...
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... hand , it may be said that the township was organized before the county , the county before the state , the state before the Union . In New England , townships were completely and definitively constituted as early as 1650. The ...
... hand , it may be said that the township was organized before the county , the county before the state , the state before the Union . In New England , townships were completely and definitively constituted as early as 1650. The ...
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... hand by the imagination of the citizens . In the bosom of this obscure democracy , which had as yet brought forth neither generals , nor philosophers , nor authors , a man might stand up in the face of a free people , and pronounce amid ...
... hand by the imagination of the citizens . In the bosom of this obscure democracy , which had as yet brought forth neither generals , nor philosophers , nor authors , a man might stand up in the face of a free people , and pronounce amid ...
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... hand , and as it were by chance , the inhabitants are but of yesterday . Scarcely known to one another , the nearest neighbours are ignorant of each other's history . In this part of the American continent , therefore , the population ...
... hand , and as it were by chance , the inhabitants are but of yesterday . Scarcely known to one another , the nearest neighbours are ignorant of each other's history . In this part of the American continent , therefore , the population ...
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Seite 250 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Seite 250 - 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...
Seite 35 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 251 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Seite 291 - In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves...
Seite 251 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 55 - America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or, in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.
Seite 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Seite 387 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must, in all governments, reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Seite 467 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms.