The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished CharactersB. Marsh, 1844 - 564 strani |
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... regard for the public harmony , will sufficiently influence your deliberations on the question how far the former can be more impregnably fortified , or the latter be safely and advantageously pro- moted . To the preceding observations ...
... regard for the public harmony , will sufficiently influence your deliberations on the question how far the former can be more impregnably fortified , or the latter be safely and advantageously pro- moted . To the preceding observations ...
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... regard to economy . There was reason to hope that the pacific measures adopted with regard to certain hostile tribes of Indians would have relieved the inhabitants of our southern and western frontiers from their depredations ; but you ...
... regard to economy . There was reason to hope that the pacific measures adopted with regard to certain hostile tribes of Indians would have relieved the inhabitants of our southern and western frontiers from their depredations ; but you ...
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... regard the affairs particularly recommended to your consideration , and ne- cessary to convey to you that information of the state of the Union which it is my duty to afford . The welfare of our country is the great object to which our ...
... regard the affairs particularly recommended to your consideration , and ne- cessary to convey to you that information of the state of the Union which it is my duty to afford . The welfare of our country is the great object to which our ...
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... regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that , in withdrawing the tender of service , which silence in my situation might imply , I am influenced by no diminu ...
... regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that , in withdrawing the tender of service , which silence in my situation might imply , I am influenced by no diminu ...
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... regard to the Mississippi . They have been witnesses to the formation of two treaties , that with Great Britain , and that with Spain , which secure to them every thing they could desire , in respect to our foreign relations , towards ...
... regard to the Mississippi . They have been witnesses to the formation of two treaties , that with Great Britain , and that with Spain , which secure to them every thing they could desire , in respect to our foreign relations , towards ...
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Stran 13 - ... 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...
Stran 27 - 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...
Stran 56 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Stran 42 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Stran 19 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Stran 16 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water...
Stran 56 - Real Patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious ; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests.
Stran 37 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a People.
Stran 312 - ... the humble members of society — the farmers, mechanics, and laborers — who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government.
Stran 56 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.