Manual of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Instruction of American Youth in the Duties, Obligations, and Rights of CitizenshipVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1874 - 370 Seiten |
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... secure the happiness of ourselves and of those dependent upon us . We can thus adapt ourselves to the circumstances in which we are placed , and avoid those perplexities and difficulties in which one ignorant of the laws and insti ...
... secure the happiness of ourselves and of those dependent upon us . We can thus adapt ourselves to the circumstances in which we are placed , and avoid those perplexities and difficulties in which one ignorant of the laws and insti ...
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... secure the blessings of liberty . " These were the express ends to secure which the people of the United States ordained and established our national Constitu- tion . These are the ends which all governments , of whatever form , are ...
... secure the blessings of liberty . " These were the express ends to secure which the people of the United States ordained and established our national Constitu- tion . These are the ends which all governments , of whatever form , are ...
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... local governments , Congress recommended that such forms of government be established as would best secure good 1 Jour . Con . , I , p . 77 . 1 order during the continuance of the dispute between Great Britain 32 CIVIL GOVERNMENT .
... local governments , Congress recommended that such forms of government be established as would best secure good 1 Jour . Con . , I , p . 77 . 1 order during the continuance of the dispute between Great Britain 32 CIVIL GOVERNMENT .
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... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity , do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America . This first sentence of the Constitution is often called a " preamble . " But that term was not ...
... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity , do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America . This first sentence of the Constitution is often called a " preamble . " But that term was not ...
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... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity . " The Congress of the Confederation called the Constitu- tional Convention for the purpose of forming " a firm national government ** adequate to the exigencies of ...
... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity . " The Congress of the Confederation called the Constitu- tional Convention for the purpose of forming " a firm national government ** adequate to the exigencies of ...
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Seite xvi - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Seite xix - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed In any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 41 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Seite xi - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Seite xii - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Seite xxv - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite xx - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Seite xi - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Seite xi - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Seite xxi - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.