History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 páginas |
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... measures of the federal government . Wishing to flatter no man , and in some measure independent of any mere party in the Union , I hope , that , in the honest expression of my opinions , I shall share in your candor , if I do not meet ...
... measures of the federal government . Wishing to flatter no man , and in some measure independent of any mere party in the Union , I hope , that , in the honest expression of my opinions , I shall share in your candor , if I do not meet ...
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... measures , early adopted and pursued ; which give to it its legitimate and distinctive character . In neither of these respects , however , does the writer pretend to give any new views ; nor does he differ , he believes , from those ...
... measures , early adopted and pursued ; which give to it its legitimate and distinctive character . In neither of these respects , however , does the writer pretend to give any new views ; nor does he differ , he believes , from those ...
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... measures , such as he believed warranted by the evident consequences to the public . It is believed that the historian should confine himself , in a great measure , to a faithful narrative of events , instead of writing essays on ...
... measures , such as he believed warranted by the evident consequences to the public . It is believed that the historian should confine himself , in a great measure , to a faithful narrative of events , instead of writing essays on ...
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... measures through all the States , relating to foreign commerce and foreign intercourse , was found to be essential , as well for the reputation of the country with other nations , as for the present peace and future prosperity of the ...
... measures through all the States , relating to foreign commerce and foreign intercourse , was found to be essential , as well for the reputation of the country with other nations , as for the present peace and future prosperity of the ...
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... measures . It would be superfluous to gentlemen of your great experi- ence , to urge the necessity of order . It is only necessary to make an apology for myself . Not wholly without ex- perience in public assemblies , I have been more ...
... measures . It would be superfluous to gentlemen of your great experi- ence , to urge the necessity of order . It is only necessary to make an apology for myself . Not wholly without ex- perience in public assemblies , I have been more ...
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Página 459 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Página 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Página 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Página 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Página 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Página 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Página 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Página 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.