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, Volumen2Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 736 páginas |
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... council nominated by the crown , and guided by its instructions , every person settling in America seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the proprietors of both ...
... council nominated by the crown , and guided by its instructions , every person settling in America seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the proprietors of both ...
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... council should form a general assembly , clothed with supreme legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus , in a ...
... council should form a general assembly , clothed with supreme legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus , in a ...
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... council established at Plymouth , in England , under the charter of King James of 1620 . §18 . This patent or charter seems never to have been confirmed by the crown ; and the colonists were nev- er , by any act of the crown , created a ...
... council established at Plymouth , in England , under the charter of King James of 1620 . §18 . This patent or charter seems never to have been confirmed by the crown ; and the colonists were nev- er , by any act of the crown , created a ...
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... Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon , for the planting , ruling , ordering , and govern- ing of New - England in America . " § 21. Some of the powers granted by this charter were alarming to many persons , and ...
... Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon , for the planting , ruling , ordering , and govern- ing of New - England in America . " § 21. Some of the powers granted by this charter were alarming to many persons , and ...
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... council established at Plymouth ; and in March , 1627 , procured from them a grant to Sir Henry Rosewell and others of all that part of New - England lying three miles south of Charles river and three miles north of Merrimack river ...
... council established at Plymouth ; and in March , 1627 , procured from them a grant to Sir Henry Rosewell and others of all that part of New - England lying three miles south of Charles river and three miles north of Merrimack river ...
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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 359 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Página 147 - 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 699 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Página 533 - ... 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
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 xxvi - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Página xix - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.