The Works of Charles Sumner, Band 8Lee and Shepard, 1874 |
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... clause prescribing the qualifications entitling a per- son to vote : " For representatives in Council and Assembly , and also for all other public officers that shall be elected by the people of the county at large . " " Here again ...
... clause prescribing the qualifications entitling a per- son to vote : " For representatives in Council and Assembly , and also for all other public officers that shall be elected by the people of the county at large . " " Here again ...
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... clause of the third sec- tion of the first article , that conviction on impeachment dis- qualifies the party convicted from holding any office of honor , trust , or profit under the United States . If a seat in the Senate be not an ...
... clause of the third sec- tion of the first article , that conviction on impeachment dis- qualifies the party convicted from holding any office of honor , trust , or profit under the United States . If a seat in the Senate be not an ...
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... clause of the ninth section of the first article , that no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States shall , without the consent of the Congress , accept of any present , emolument , office , or title , of any ...
... clause of the ninth section of the first article , that no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States shall , without the consent of the Congress , accept of any present , emolument , office , or title , of any ...
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... CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION , AND THE RULES FOR ITS INTERPRETATION . THESE Acts profess to be founded upon certain words of the Constitution . On this account we must consider these words with a certain degree of care . They are as ...
... CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION , AND THE RULES FOR ITS INTERPRETATION . THESE Acts profess to be founded upon certain words of the Constitution . On this account we must consider these words with a certain degree of care . They are as ...
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... clause , on its face , is applicable to apprentices , and it is known historically that under it apprentices have been delivered up on the claim of the party to whom " such service or labor " was due . It is therefore only by discarding ...
... clause , on its face , is applicable to apprentices , and it is known historically that under it apprentices have been delivered up on the claim of the party to whom " such service or labor " was due . It is therefore only by discarding ...
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Seite 177 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Seite 378 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Seite 53 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God...
Seite 165 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Seite 473 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth and the waters under the earth...
Seite 417 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 293 - There shall be a firm, inviolable and universal peace, and a true and sincere friendship between His Britannic Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the United States of America; and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people of every degree, without exception of persons or places.
Seite 419 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Seite 42 - An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes...
Seite 189 - No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons.