A History of the United States: For Families and LibrariesMason brothers, 1857 - 672 páginas |
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... duty which they had self - imposed , there are thousands whose names ought to be per- petuated in brass and marble , because of their faithful performance of the mighty task assigned them . They came here as sowers of the prolific seed ...
... duty which they had self - imposed , there are thousands whose names ought to be per- petuated in brass and marble , because of their faithful performance of the mighty task assigned them . They came here as sowers of the prolific seed ...
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... duties upon exported tobacco , these officials were made independent of the people . " Oppressive and unequal taxes were levied , and the idle aristocracy formed a distinct and ruling class . The common people " -the men of toil and ...
... duties upon exported tobacco , these officials were made independent of the people . " Oppressive and unequal taxes were levied , and the idle aristocracy formed a distinct and ruling class . The common people " -the men of toil and ...
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... duty was to consider circumstances , and recommend measures for the general good . They had no executive power . Their propositions were considered and acted upon by the several colonies , each assuming an independent sovereignty . This ...
... duty was to consider circumstances , and recommend measures for the general good . They had no executive power . Their propositions were considered and acted upon by the several colonies , each assuming an independent sovereignty . This ...
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... duty it was to have a general oversight of the American colonies . This was a permanent commission , consisting of a president and seven members , called Lords of Trade . This commission was always an instrument of oppression in the ...
... duty it was to have a general oversight of the American colonies . This was a permanent commission , consisting of a president and seven members , called Lords of Trade . This commission was always an instrument of oppression in the ...
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... duty of obedience , restrained the resentment of the American people , while England and France were at peace . Soon , disputes about local boundaries began , and it was not long before preparations for war between the two races , were ...
... duty of obedience , restrained the resentment of the American people , while England and France were at peace . Soon , disputes about local boundaries began , and it was not long before preparations for war between the two races , were ...
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Página 600 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Página 602 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Página 624 - 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 629 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Página 627 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Página 626 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence ; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual ; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained ; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue...
Página 613 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Página 629 - 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 600 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated...
Página 629 - ... 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...