The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R.P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... existing prosperity will be preserved and augmented , and the nation will continue rapidly to advance in wealth , power , and greatness , without prejudice to any section . of the confederacy . Thus viewing the question , I stand here ...
... existing prosperity will be preserved and augmented , and the nation will continue rapidly to advance in wealth , power , and greatness , without prejudice to any section . of the confederacy . Thus viewing the question , I stand here ...
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... existing state of the unparalleled prosperity of the country . On a general survey , we behold cultivation extended , the arts flourishing , the face of the country improved , our people fully and profitably employed , and the public ...
... existing state of the unparalleled prosperity of the country . On a general survey , we behold cultivation extended , the arts flourishing , the face of the country improved , our people fully and profitably employed , and the public ...
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... existing president are interpreted south of Mason and Dixon's line , on the north they are at least understood to favor the establish- ment of a judicious tariff . The question , therefore , which we are now called upon to deter- mine ...
... existing president are interpreted south of Mason and Dixon's line , on the north they are at least understood to favor the establish- ment of a judicious tariff . The question , therefore , which we are now called upon to deter- mine ...
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... existing between the different parts of the union . That this must be the true cause , is demon- strated by the fact , that , however it may be with the port of Charles- ton , our coasting tonnage , generally , is constantly increasing ...
... existing between the different parts of the union . That this must be the true cause , is demon- strated by the fact , that , however it may be with the port of Charles- ton , our coasting tonnage , generally , is constantly increasing ...
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... existing system . To which Mr. Clay replied , that he had seen the argument so stated in some of the ingenious essays from the South Carolina press , and would therefore answer it . ] - The framers of our constitution , by granting the ...
... existing system . To which Mr. Clay replied , that he had seen the argument so stated in some of the ingenious essays from the South Carolina press , and would therefore answer it . ] - The framers of our constitution , by granting the ...
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Seite 160 - 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...
Seite 155 - 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 155 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the President, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that...
Seite 269 - 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 104 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Seite 526 - ... in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the secretary of the treasury, and the treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive the same. All sums of money paid into the treasury under this section shall be set apart and credited to a fund to be known as the "Debris Fund...
Seite 529 - A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House...
Seite 160 - ... 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...
Seite 236 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 155 - They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being intrusted to the executive, the decision of the executive is conclusive. The application of this remark will be perceived by adverting to the act of Congress for establishing the department of foreign affairs. This officer, as his duties were prescribed by that act, is to conform precisely to the will of the President. He is the mere organ by whom that will is communicated. The acts of such an officer, as an officer, can never be examinable...