The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Non-partisan Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time : Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven E.B. Treat, 1888 - 575 Seiten |
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... Legislature of Virginia , till the American revolution broke out , and thus enjoyed the advantages of legislative edu- cation , than which we know of nothing better calculated to drill and develope a man's mental powers , especially if ...
... Legislature of Virginia , till the American revolution broke out , and thus enjoyed the advantages of legislative edu- cation , than which we know of nothing better calculated to drill and develope a man's mental powers , especially if ...
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... legislature — a right inestimable to them , and formidable to tyrants only . He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual , uncomfortable , and distant from the deposi- tory of their public records , for the sole purpose ...
... legislature — a right inestimable to them , and formidable to tyrants only . He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual , uncomfortable , and distant from the deposi- tory of their public records , for the sole purpose ...
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... We have warned them , from time to time , of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us . We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and 52 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
... We have warned them , from time to time , of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us . We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and 52 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
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... Legislature of each State shall direct , to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November , in every year , with a power reserved to each State to recall its Delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send ...
... Legislature of each State shall direct , to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November , in every year , with a power reserved to each State to recall its Delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send ...
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... Legislature of such State shall judge that such extra number can not be safely spared out of the same ; in which case they shall raise , officer , clothe , arm and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared ...
... Legislature of such State shall judge that such extra number can not be safely spared out of the same ; in which case they shall raise , officer , clothe , arm and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared ...
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Seite 355 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Seite 354 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Seite 71 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Seite 286 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Seite 67 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States...
Seite 81 - 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...
Seite 83 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Seite 330 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Seite 52 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Seite 116 - ... indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.