The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1750-1833. State sovereignty and slavery. 1889Callaghan, 1877 |
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... positions , so that at last the signs of per- sonal bitterness began to show themselves . When finally , every prospect of an understanding seemed to have disappeared , the white haired Franklin arose and proposed that henceforth the ...
... positions , so that at last the signs of per- sonal bitterness began to show themselves . When finally , every prospect of an understanding seemed to have disappeared , the white haired Franklin arose and proposed that henceforth the ...
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... there is nobody but yourself [ Madison ] that can meet him . " Van Buren , Political Parties , p . 124 . 4 Elliott , Deb . , II . , pp . 324 , 325 . POSITION OF NEW YORK . 59 portant to the Union 58 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
... there is nobody but yourself [ Madison ] that can meet him . " Van Buren , Political Parties , p . 124 . 4 Elliott , Deb . , II . , pp . 324 , 325 . POSITION OF NEW YORK . 59 portant to the Union 58 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
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Hermann Von Holst. POSITION OF NEW YORK . 59 portant to the Union that New York should be a part of it , than it was to New York that she should be a part of the Union . This redoubled their efforts to push the opposi- tion to the ...
Hermann Von Holst. POSITION OF NEW YORK . 59 portant to the Union that New York should be a part of it , than it was to New York that she should be a part of the Union . This redoubled their efforts to push the opposi- tion to the ...
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... position of vice - president of the Confederate States , a position which he retained until the close of the war . few years after the restoration of the Union , he published a comprehensive treatise , which is at once an emphatic ...
... position of vice - president of the Confederate States , a position which he retained until the close of the war . few years after the restoration of the Union , he published a comprehensive treatise , which is at once an emphatic ...
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... position , but in fact they went along with the stream , concerned only to swim at the head . Men really inde- pendent in thought or action by degrees appeared more rarely in congress and among politicians outside of it . " The idea of ...
... position , but in fact they went along with the stream , concerned only to swim at the head . Men really inde- pendent in thought or action by degrees appeared more rarely in congress and among politicians outside of it . " The idea of ...
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Página 144 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...
Página 491 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 144 - 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 182 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market...
Página 161 - The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
Página 32 - England, Sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Página 359 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 475 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and -will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do...
Página 15 - ... on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it The judgments of many must unite in the work: experience must guide their labor: time must bring it to perfection: and the feeling of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and experiments.
Página 33 - We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.