Contributions to political science, including lectures on the Constitution of the United States, and other papersJ.B. Lippincott, 1881 |
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... question of right was not asked . Were they not heathens , unbaptized and black ? Thus , then , we meet with the astounding phenomenon in his- tory that while in Europe slavery vanishes everywhere among the Cis - Caucasians , and leaves ...
... question of right was not asked . Were they not heathens , unbaptized and black ? Thus , then , we meet with the astounding phenomenon in his- tory that while in Europe slavery vanishes everywhere among the Cis - Caucasians , and leaves ...
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... . " In the South Carolina legislature in 1788 , when the futility of the Articles of the Confederation had been proved and the question about the adoption of the Constitution was before the 72 THE RISE OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
... . " In the South Carolina legislature in 1788 , when the futility of the Articles of the Confederation had been proved and the question about the adoption of the Constitution was before the 72 THE RISE OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
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Francis Lieber. question about the adoption of the Constitution was before the different legislatures , Cotesworth Pinckney said : " This admir- able manifesto ( the Declaration of Independence ) sufficiently refutes the doctrine of the ...
Francis Lieber. question about the adoption of the Constitution was before the different legislatures , Cotesworth Pinckney said : " This admir- able manifesto ( the Declaration of Independence ) sufficiently refutes the doctrine of the ...
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... question mere amiable , useless generality . The second paragraph begins thus : " We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that ...
... question mere amiable , useless generality . The second paragraph begins thus : " We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that ...
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... question on the part of those who possess the land , which is the desired dwelling place of the emigrant . What right has he who has settled in a new Let no invidious remark be made here about the prevalence of the Church over the State ...
... question on the part of those who possess the land , which is the desired dwelling place of the emigrant . What right has he who has settled in a new Let no invidious remark be made here about the prevalence of the Church over the State ...
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Seite 188 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Seite 111 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. 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.
Seite 61 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies...
Seite 311 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Seite 41 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Seite 111 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay, by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Seite 51 - ... 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 offices, 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 51 - 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 308 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Seite 68 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops : that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.