The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R.P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... present to the other house of congress an unexaggerated picture of the general distress pervading the whole land . We must all yet remember some of its frightful features . We all know that the people were then oppressed , and borne ...
... present to the other house of congress an unexaggerated picture of the general distress pervading the whole land . We must all yet remember some of its frightful features . We all know that the people were then oppressed , and borne ...
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... present period . In every stage of its progress it has received the deliberate sanction of congress . A vast majority of the people of the United States has approved and continue to approve it . Every chief magistrate of the United ...
... present period . In every stage of its progress it has received the deliberate sanction of congress . A vast majority of the people of the United States has approved and continue to approve it . Every chief magistrate of the United ...
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... presents , that he would have us hasten back to the golden days of that colonial bondage , which is so well depicted ... present a parallel case in the United States , he ought to have shown , that importations made into one state from ...
... presents , that he would have us hasten back to the golden days of that colonial bondage , which is so well depicted ... present a parallel case in the United States , he ought to have shown , that importations made into one state from ...
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... present names , which I would mention if they were not living or present to pause , solemnly pause ! and contemplate the frightful precipice which lies directly before them . To retreat may be painful and mortifying to their gallantry ...
... present names , which I would mention if they were not living or present to pause , solemnly pause ! and contemplate the frightful precipice which lies directly before them . To retreat may be painful and mortifying to their gallantry ...
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... present unhappy state ? The accursed ' tariff presents itself to their excited imaginations , and they blindly rush into the ranks of those who , unfurling the banner of nullification , would place a state upon its sovereignty ! The ...
... present unhappy state ? The accursed ' tariff presents itself to their excited imaginations , and they blindly rush into the ranks of those who , unfurling the banner of nullification , would place a state upon its sovereignty ! 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...