The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Bände 1-2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... received them with a graceful dignity which gave him additional favor in the eyes of the Court as well as of his somewhat too ardent , but sincere , admirer . We find recorded one or two other incidents of his early professional ...
... received them with a graceful dignity which gave him additional favor in the eyes of the Court as well as of his somewhat too ardent , but sincere , admirer . We find recorded one or two other incidents of his early professional ...
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... received sentence of death at the hands of the law . Only one case appears in which he acted the part of Public Prose- cutor ; and in that , he procured the conviction of a slave who was indicted for murder in having killed his overseer ...
... received sentence of death at the hands of the law . Only one case appears in which he acted the part of Public Prose- cutor ; and in that , he procured the conviction of a slave who was indicted for murder in having killed his overseer ...
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... received by the people of the Union was in perfect unison with that evinc- ed by the great leader of the opposition , THOMAS Jefferson , in a private letter written at about the time of their passage : " For my own part , " said he ...
... received by the people of the Union was in perfect unison with that evinc- ed by the great leader of the opposition , THOMAS Jefferson , in a private letter written at about the time of their passage : " For my own part , " said he ...
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... received ; and , by all the means in their power , to encourage home manufactures of every kind . How far these proceedings were directly effective we have no means of judging : that to some extent , they gave shape and vigor to ...
... received ; and , by all the means in their power , to encourage home manufactures of every kind . How far these proceedings were directly effective we have no means of judging : that to some extent , they gave shape and vigor to ...
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... received , from President JEFFERSON , an acount of the letter in cypher written by BURR to Gen. WILKINSON and sent by SAMUEL SWARTWOUT , in which he expressly declares that he has commenced operations , that he intends to proceed down ...
... received , from President JEFFERSON , an acount of the letter in cypher written by BURR to Gen. WILKINSON and sent by SAMUEL SWARTWOUT , in which he expressly declares that he has commenced operations , that he intends to proceed down ...
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Seite 4 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Seite 189 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States...
Seite 183 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Seite 189 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said Government.
Seite 189 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Seite 300 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 270 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 467 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Seite 96 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Seite 184 - But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties ; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts ; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts ; he is so far the officer of the law ; is amenable to the laws for his conduct ; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others.