The History of the Union, and of the Constitution: Being the Substance of Three Lectures on the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Constitutional Periods of American History, with an Appendix Containing the Constitution of the United States, and the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98Van Evrie, Horton, 1863 - 92 páginas |
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... British Barons assembled in arms at Runnymede , on the banks of the Thames , and compelled their tyrant , King John , to grant the great charter of the liberties of England , the forty - fifth sec- tion of which declared that " no ...
... British Barons assembled in arms at Runnymede , on the banks of the Thames , and compelled their tyrant , King John , to grant the great charter of the liberties of England , the forty - fifth sec- tion of which declared that " no ...
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... British throne , made vacant by the forced abdication of James the Second , who lost his crown by attempting to suspend the habeas corpus , and to subvert the liberties of the people . From that time to the present no occupant of the ...
... British throne , made vacant by the forced abdication of James the Second , who lost his crown by attempting to suspend the habeas corpus , and to subvert the liberties of the people . From that time to the present no occupant of the ...
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... British throne has dared to suspend this great right- this immortal monument of Saxon liberty . There are also in England , at the present day , many other monuments of the old Saxon love of liberty which the throne must not meddle with ...
... British throne has dared to suspend this great right- this immortal monument of Saxon liberty . There are also in England , at the present day , many other monuments of the old Saxon love of liberty which the throne must not meddle with ...
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... British throne for more than a thousand years , at last got itself fairly transplanted to these Western shores . Now a new era for man begins . Now freedom gets wings and space - like the caged eagle , which , after long beating itself ...
... British throne for more than a thousand years , at last got itself fairly transplanted to these Western shores . Now a new era for man begins . Now freedom gets wings and space - like the caged eagle , which , after long beating itself ...
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... British throne for more than a thousand years , at last got itself fairly transplanted to these Western shores . Now a new era for man begins . Now freedom gets wings and space - like the caged eagle , which , after long beating itself ...
... British throne for more than a thousand years , at last got itself fairly transplanted to these Western shores . Now a new era for man begins . Now freedom gets wings and space - like the caged eagle , which , after long beating itself ...
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American appointed ARTICLE Articles of Confederation assembled authority bill of attainder blood British throne called centralized power CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS CHARLES PINCKNEY citizens civil coercion colonists compact confederacy confederation Congress Consolidationists CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION continent court crown declared defense delegated despotism domestic institutions duty elected England English establish executive fathers federal force forefathers formed freedom French Governor habeas corpus Hamilton House of Representatives king land lectures legislature love of liberty Madison majority Massachusetts ment ministers national government never Norman principle number of votes old Saxon Parliament party passed patriotic perfect persons voted political present president principle of local principle of Saxon principles of government proposition Republic resolution respective salutary neglect Saxon love Saxon principle SECTION self-government Senate South Carolina sovereign sovereignty stamp Stamp Act temple of liberty thereof thing Thirteen colonies thousand tion two-thirds Union United vice-president Virginia whole number
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Página 71 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and 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 of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Página 55 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 64 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 29 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, 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 whatever...
Página 68 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 62 - WE the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America.
Página 64 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Página 62 - When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand.
Página 17 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Página 41 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.