The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of AmericaR. Spalding, 1864 - 85 Seiten |
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Seite 40 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Seite 45 - To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. SECTION 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to...
Seite 80 - ARTICLE xi. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Seite 14 - He has plundered our feas, ravaged our coafts, burned our towns, and deftroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time tranfporting large armies of foreign mercenaries, to complete the works of death, defolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumftances of cruelty and perfidy fcarcely paralleled in the moft barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Seite 6 - But when a long train of abufes and ufurpations, purfuing invariably the fame object, evinces a defign to reduce them under abfolute defpotifm, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off fuch government, and to provide new guards for their future fecurity.
Seite 55 - Prefident ; neither fhall any perfon be eligible to that office who fhall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a refident within the United States. In cafe of the removal of the Prefident from office, or of his death, refignation, or inability to difcharge the powers and duties of the faid office, the fame...
Seite 70 - ... call a convention for propofing amendments, which, in either cafe, fhall be valid to all intents and purpofes, as part of this conftitution, when ratified by...
Seite 65 - ... in open court. The Congrefs fhall have power to declare the punifhment of treafon, but no attainder of treafon fhall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the perfon attainted.
Seite 67 - ... on demand of the executive authority of the ftate from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the ftate having jurifdiction of the crime.
Seite 25 - Union, according to their respective numbers, which fhall be determined by adding to the whole number of free perfons, including thofe bound to fervice for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other perfons.