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... appear that any of those difficulties which were apprehended from the increase of num- bers of the people and breadth of territory , represented in Congress , have been realized . These have doubtless been , to a considerable extent ...
... appear that any of those difficulties which were apprehended from the increase of num- bers of the people and breadth of territory , represented in Congress , have been realized . These have doubtless been , to a considerable extent ...
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... appears from the testimony of J. Q. Adams , that himself and all the cabinet considered it constitutional as applied to the territorial term only , or that Congress had no right to interdict slavery in a state ; nor has Congress ever ...
... appears from the testimony of J. Q. Adams , that himself and all the cabinet considered it constitutional as applied to the territorial term only , or that Congress had no right to interdict slavery in a state ; nor has Congress ever ...
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... - scription , he was at length so reduced , that almost every ray of intellect seemed extinguished . Whether insane before , and in a state bordering upon idiocy now , does not appear . Probably it 12 [ July , History of the Dauphin .
... - scription , he was at length so reduced , that almost every ray of intellect seemed extinguished . Whether insane before , and in a state bordering upon idiocy now , does not appear . Probably it 12 [ July , History of the Dauphin .
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upon idiocy now , does not appear . Probably it was the case . But he fell ill under the weight of these severities , and , as some writers have it , died on the eighth of June , 1795 . There is another account of the matter . What ...
upon idiocy now , does not appear . Probably it was the case . But he fell ill under the weight of these severities , and , as some writers have it , died on the eighth of June , 1795 . There is another account of the matter . What ...
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... appears fixed . He has endured trials and sufferings , With them , or without them , he has no ambitious aspirations . Wisely , he would prefer the seclusion of private life to occupying an earthly throne , even though it were offered ...
... appears fixed . He has endured trials and sufferings , With them , or without them , he has no ambitious aspirations . Wisely , he would prefer the seclusion of private life to occupying an earthly throne , even though it were offered ...
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Seite 375 - Abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Seite 98 - An Act for Amending, explaining and reducing into one Act of Parliament, the Laws relating to the Government of His Majesty's Ships, Vessels and forces by Sea...
Seite 108 - And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm by martial law, or in any other manner than by the judgment of his peers, and according to the known and established laws of this realm...
Seite 334 - For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can.
Seite 372 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Seite 375 - That congress has no power under the constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States...
Seite 250 - And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake...
Seite 233 - April, 1800, it is provided that "all crimes committed by persons belonging to the navy which are not specified in the foregoing articles shall be punished according to the laws and customs in such cases at sea.
Seite 378 - SIR: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me on the 24th of this month.
Seite 372 - Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one State to another, would not make a slave of a single human being who would not be so without it, so their diffusion over a greater surface would make them individually happier, and proportionally facilitate the accomplishment of their emancipation, by dividing the burden on a greater number of coadjutors.