The convention would be of no value unless it were lasting: accordingly its terms express a perpetuity of purpose and obligation. Now, it may well be doubted whether the Constitution of the United States would allow the treaty-making power to impose a... Our Living Representative Men - Stran 254avtor: John Savage - 1860 - 503 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| United States. Congress. Senate - 852 strani
...Executive action is concerned, to give his consent to the arrangement. Such, however, is not the case. The convention would be of no value unless it were...constitution of the United States would allow the treaty^naking power to impose a permanent disability on the American government, for all coming time,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 582 strani
...that body would leave the question of Cuba in a more unsettled position than before. .. '. 2. It may be doubted whether the Constitution of the United...government for all coming time, and prevent it under any circumstances from doing what has been so often done in times past. Louisiana and Florida have been... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 566 strani
...rejection by that body would leave the question of Cuba in a more unsettled position than before. 2. It may be doubted whether the Constitution of the United...government for all coming time, and prevent it under any circumstances from doing what has been so often done in times past. Louisiana and Florida have been... | |
| Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - 1855 - 938 strani
...refusing to become a party to the convention, its certain rejection, by the Senate, he expresses a doubt " whether the Constitution of the United States would...American government, for all coming time, and prevent it from doing what has been so often done in times past. In 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana... | |
| Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - 1855 - 942 strani
...rejection, by the Senate, he expresses a doubt " whether the Constitution of the United States ivoald allow the treaty-making power to impose a permanent...American government, for all coming time, and prevent it from doing what lias been so often done in times past. In 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1864 - 694 strani
...leave the question of Cuba in a more unsettled position than it is now." It doubts the constitutional power " to impose a permanent disability on the American Government for all coming time." It parades, with significant emphasis, the repeated and important acquisitions of territory by our... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1865 - 704 strani
...leave the question of Cuba in a more unsettled position than it is now." It doubts' the constitutional power " to impose a permanent disability on the American Government for all coming time/' It parades, with significant emphasis, the repeated and important acquisitions of territory by our... | |
| William B. Dana - 1870 - 494 strani
...become a party to tlie convention, its certain rejection by the Senate, and he expresses a doubt — " whether the Constitution of the United States would...permanent disability on the American Government, for all coining time> and prevent it from doing what has been so often done in times past. In 1803, the United... | |
| Alfred Williams - 1880 - 150 strani
...less forcible on that account. He says, in declining to enter into the proposed convention, that it "would be of no value unless it were lasting; accordingly...terms express a perpetuity of purpose and obligation." Mr. Everett then expresses doubts as to whether it would be competent for the treaty-making powers... | |
| George Fox Tucker - 1885 - 152 strani
...The convention proposed would be viewed with disfavor by the United States Senate. 3. It is doubtful whether the Constitution of the United States would...a permanent disability on the American Government. 4. Among the oldest traditions of the Federal Government is an aversion to political alliances with... | |
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