A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volumen6Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1897 - 7116 páginas |
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Página 2470
... extend to objects for which the Constitution does not authorize Congress to levy taxes or imposts to raise money . The power of appropriation is but the consequence of the power to raise money ; and the true inquiry is whether Congress ...
... extend to objects for which the Constitution does not authorize Congress to levy taxes or imposts to raise money . The power of appropriation is but the consequence of the power to raise money ; and the true inquiry is whether Congress ...
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... extended construc- tion be adopted , it is impossible for the human mind to fix on a limit to the exercise of the power other than the will and discretion of Congress . It sweeps into the vortex of national power and jurisdiction not ...
... extended construc- tion be adopted , it is impossible for the human mind to fix on a limit to the exercise of the power other than the will and discretion of Congress . It sweeps into the vortex of national power and jurisdiction not ...
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... extended . Our country stands higher in the respect of the world than at any former period . To continue to occupy this proud position , it is only necessary to preserve peace and faithfully adhere to the great and fundamental principle ...
... extended . Our country stands higher in the respect of the world than at any former period . To continue to occupy this proud position , it is only necessary to preserve peace and faithfully adhere to the great and fundamental principle ...
Página 2483
... extended commerce was nowhere interrupted , and for this immu- nity from the evils of war the country is indebted to the Navy . High praise is due to the officers of the several executive bureaus , navy- yards , and stations connected ...
... extended commerce was nowhere interrupted , and for this immu- nity from the evils of war the country is indebted to the Navy . High praise is due to the officers of the several executive bureaus , navy- yards , and stations connected ...
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... extended , constitute a country more than half as large as all that which was held by the United States before their acquisition . If Oregon be excluded from the esti- mate , there will still remain within the limits of Texas , New ...
... extended , constitute a country more than half as large as all that which was held by the United States before their acquisition . If Oregon be excluded from the esti- mate , there will still remain within the limits of Texas , New ...
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Página 2596 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title, and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States; but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected...
Página 2596 - Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof and removing the proceeds wherever they please without their being subjected on this account to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever. Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States...
Página 2447 - An act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals as he...
Página 2447 - He placed his approval upon the ground, not that Congress possessed the power to ' ' adopt and execute ' ' such a system by virtue of any or all of the enumerated grants of power in the Constitution, but upon the assumption that the power to make appropriations of the public money was limited and restrained only by the discretion of Congress. In coming to this conclusion he avowed that ' ' in the more early stage of the Government ' ' he had entertained a different opinion. He avowed that his first...