The American's Own Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers : the Constitution of the United States : the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents from Washington to Pierce : the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson : with a Portrait and Life of Each President of the United States, to the Present Time |
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Página 45
Pinckney and Marshall , were ordered to quit the territories of France , while Mr .
Gerry was invited to remain , and resume the negotiation which had been
suspended . He accepted the invitation to remain , but resolutely refused to
resume the ...
Pinckney and Marshall , were ordered to quit the territories of France , while Mr .
Gerry was invited to remain , and resume the negotiation which had been
suspended . He accepted the invitation to remain , but resolutely refused to
resume the ...
Página 124
The Congress shall have power to dispose of und make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United
States , and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any
claims ...
The Congress shall have power to dispose of und make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United
States , and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any
claims ...
Página 162
... at the opening of this session , to have communicated to you the agreeable
information of the due execution of our treaty with his Catholic majesty ,
respecting the withdrawing of his troops from our territory , and the demarkation
of the line of ...
... at the opening of this session , to have communicated to you the agreeable
information of the due execution of our treaty with his Catholic majesty ,
respecting the withdrawing of his troops from our territory , and the demarkation
of the line of ...
Página 163
... and to excite them to actual hostilities against the United States ; great activity
has been exerted by those persons who have insinuated themselves among the
Indian tribes residing within the territory of the United States , to influence them to
...
... and to excite them to actual hostilities against the United States ; great activity
has been exerted by those persons who have insinuated themselves among the
Indian tribes residing within the territory of the United States , to influence them to
...
Página 190
... new states have been admitted into our Union ; our territory has been enlarged
by fair and honorable treaty , and with great advantage to the original states ; the
states respectively protected by the national government , under a mild paternal ...
... new states have been admitted into our Union ; our territory has been enlarged
by fair and honorable treaty , and with great advantage to the original states ; the
states respectively protected by the national government , under a mild paternal ...
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Página 168 - ... with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellowcitizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 115 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Página 146 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 116 - 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 143 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union, a government for the whole is indispensable. — No alliances, however strict, between the parts, can be an adequate substitute ; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions, which all alliances, in all times, have experienced.
Página 129 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 150 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 151 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...
Página 145 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Página 145 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and, sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The American's Own Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers : the Constitution of the United States : the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents from Washington to Pierce : the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew ... |
| Colaborador | Gale |
| Editor | Leavitt & Allen, 1855 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 14 Ago. 2007 |
| Largo | 496 páginas |
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