Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ.W. Bradley, 1861 - 495 strani |
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... persons , and not by their proportion of stock . That the Belgic confederacy voted by provinces . That in ques- tions of war the smaller States were as much interested as the larger , and therefore should vote equally ; and indeed ...
... persons , and not by their proportion of stock . That the Belgic confederacy voted by provinces . That in ques- tions of war the smaller States were as much interested as the larger , and therefore should vote equally ; and indeed ...
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... person shall be capable of being a Delegate for more than three years in any term of six years ; nor shall any person , being a Delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or another for his ...
... person shall be capable of being a Delegate for more than three years in any term of six years ; nor shall any person , being a Delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or another for his ...
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... persons from arrests and imprisonments , during the time of their going to and from , and attendance on Con- gress , except ... person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States , or any of them , accept of any present ...
... persons from arrests and imprisonments , during the time of their going to and from , and attendance on Con- gress , except ... person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States , or any of them , accept of any present ...
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... persons out of each of the United States , and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one , the petitioners begin- ning , until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than ...
... persons out of each of the United States , and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one , the petitioners begin- ning , until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than ...
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... person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States , and to ap- propriate and apply the same for ...
... person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States , and to ap- propriate and apply the same for ...
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Stran 174 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Stran 438 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Stran 448 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection; either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Stran 37 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever..
Stran 173 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Stran 449 - 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.
Stran 110 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Stran 34 - ... no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States or either of them.
Stran 451 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our...
Stran 437 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by .so careful a preservation and so prudent a 'use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.