History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpkins, 1840 - 480 páginas |
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... injurious to the proper authority of the several States , by claiming a paramount or super- vising authority over them in all cases . And thus have formed a national or consolidated government , which , neither the framers of the ...
... injurious to the proper authority of the several States , by claiming a paramount or super- vising authority over them in all cases . And thus have formed a national or consolidated government , which , neither the framers of the ...
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... injurious to the commercial interests of the country . In May , 1793 , the national convention of France adopted an order similar to that of the British above mentioned , in which it was declared , " that French ships of war and ...
... injurious to the commercial interests of the country . In May , 1793 , the national convention of France adopted an order similar to that of the British above mentioned , in which it was declared , " that French ships of war and ...
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... injurious treatment from the nations of Europe then at war , led to a proposition for increasing the naval force of the United States . The administration was decidedly in favor of the measure ; and the President had recommended the ...
... injurious treatment from the nations of Europe then at war , led to a proposition for increasing the naval force of the United States . The administration was decidedly in favor of the measure ; and the President had recommended the ...
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... injurious to the influence which it is important those in authority should possess If it were only a few base and despicable individuals who directly uttered and published such gross charges , they were in some cases encouraged in their ...
... injurious to the influence which it is important those in authority should possess If it were only a few base and despicable individuals who directly uttered and published such gross charges , they were in some cases encouraged in their ...
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... injurious to America , President Adams called a meeting of the federal legislature to be holden on the fifteenth of May . Mr. Pinckney was treated with personal disrespect , and the government of the United States severely reproached ...
... injurious to America , President Adams called a meeting of the federal legislature to be holden on the fifteenth of May . Mr. Pinckney was treated with personal disrespect , and the government of the United States severely reproached ...
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Página 452 - 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 450 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, 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...
Página 16 - In tendering this ho.mage to the great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large, less than either.
Página 465 - ... that 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 468 - 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 87 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 92 - Such is the amiable and interesting system of government (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations for eight years under the administration of a citizen who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty to...
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 92 - This example has been recommended to the imitation of his successors, by both Houses of Congress, and by the voice of the Legislatures and the people, throughout the nation. On this subject it might become me better to be silent, or to speak with diffidence; but as something may be expected, the occasion...