Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volumen1Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 776 páginas |
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... seem yet to have arrived , when language , like this , however true , should meet the eyes of the public . May the period be yet far distant , when praise shall speak out with that fulness of utterance , which belongs to the sanctity of ...
... seem yet to have arrived , when language , like this , however true , should meet the eyes of the public . May the period be yet far distant , when praise shall speak out with that fulness of utterance , which belongs to the sanctity of ...
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... seem to those , who are accustomed to demand a perfect finish in all elementary works , they have been attended with a degree of uninviting labour , and dry research , of which it is scarcely possible for the general reader to form any ...
... seem to those , who are accustomed to demand a perfect finish in all elementary works , they have been attended with a degree of uninviting labour , and dry research , of which it is scarcely possible for the general reader to form any ...
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... seem any important objection , which can be urged against it . But in re- spect to countries , then inhabited by the natives , it is not easy to perceive , how , in point of justice , or human- ity , or general conformity to the law of ...
... seem any important objection , which can be urged against it . But in re- spect to countries , then inhabited by the natives , it is not easy to perceive , how , in point of justice , or human- ity , or general conformity to the law of ...
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... seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the proprietors of both colonies prepared to execute their respective plans ; and under the authority of a charter , which ...
... seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the proprietors of both colonies prepared to execute their respective plans ; and under the authority of a charter , which ...
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... seems that a charter was subsequently granted by Charles the Second on the 10th of October , 1676 , but it contained little more than an acknowledgment of the colony as an immediate dependency of the crown . 2 Henning , Stat . 531 , 532 ...
... seems that a charter was subsequently granted by Charles the Second on the 10th of October , 1676 , but it contained little more than an acknowledgment of the colony as an immediate dependency of the crown . 2 Henning , Stat . 531 , 532 ...
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Página xxviii - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página xxvi - 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.
Página 419 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Página xx - 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.
Página xxiii - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 255 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 180 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council and as the English colonists are not represented, and from their local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented in the British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures...
Página 217 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatsoever.
Página xxviii - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 294 - Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.