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... expediency of retaining the declaration is a more difficult question . It is said not
to be necessary , because in this Commonwealth ninety - nine out of every
hundred of the inhabitants profess to believe in the QUALIFICATIONS FOR
OFFICE .
... expediency of retaining the declaration is a more difficult question . It is said not
to be necessary , because in this Commonwealth ninety - nine out of every
hundred of the inhabitants profess to believe in the QUALIFICATIONS FOR
OFFICE .
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every hundred of the inhabitants profess to believe in the Christian religion . It is
sufficiently certain , therefore , that persons of this description , and none others ,
will ordinarily be chosen to places of public trust . There is as much security , it is
...
every hundred of the inhabitants profess to believe in the Christian religion . It is
sufficiently certain , therefore , that persons of this description , and none others ,
will ordinarily be chosen to places of public trust . There is as much security , it is
...
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I believe I have stated the substance of the reasons which appeared to have
weight with the committee . For my own part , finding this declaration in the
constitution , and hearing of no practical evil resulting from it , I should have been
willing to ...
I believe I have stated the substance of the reasons which appeared to have
weight with the committee . For my own part , finding this declaration in the
constitution , and hearing of no practical evil resulting from it , I should have been
willing to ...
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I wish to look only to the principle ; and as I believe that to be sound and salutary ,
I shall give my vote in favor of maintaining it . In my opinion , Sir , there are two
questions before the committee . The first is , Shall the legislative department be ...
I wish to look only to the principle ; and as I believe that to be sound and salutary ,
I shall give my vote in favor of maintaining it . In my opinion , Sir , there are two
questions before the committee . The first is , Shall the legislative department be ...
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... the judicial power would be regarded by the States . Some of them have made
greater and others less provision on this subject ; the more recent constitutions , I
believe , being generally framed with the best guards for judicial independence ...
... the judicial power would be regarded by the States . Some of them have made
greater and others less provision on this subject ; the more recent constitutions , I
believe , being generally framed with the best guards for judicial independence ...
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Seite 310 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Seite 495 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 449 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 264 - ... many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are. I ask for the reading of the resolution before the Senate.
Seite 194 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
Seite 312 - I understand him to insist, that if the exigency of the case, in the opinion of any State government, require it, such State government may, by its own sovereign authority, annul an act of the general government, which it deems plainly and palpably unconstitutional.
Seite 311 - And sir, where American Liberty raised its first voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound...
Seite 249 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Seite 334 - Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do any thing for themselves ; they imagine there is no safety for them any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures. Sir, the people have not trusted their safety, in regard to the general constitution, to these hands. They have required other security, and taken other bonds. They have chosen to trust themselves, first, to the plain words of the instrument, and to such construction as the government...
Seite 492 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
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| Titel | The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in Congress Band 3 von The Works of Daniel Webster, Daniel Webster |
| Autor/in | Daniel Webster |
| Verlag | C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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