A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof; Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General ReadersAmerican Book Company, 1840 - 372 Seiten |
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... thing , and deemed the least practicable delegation of power quite sufficient for national purposes . Notwith- standing the Confederation purported on its face to con- tain articles of perpetual union , it was easy to see , that its ...
... thing , and deemed the least practicable delegation of power quite sufficient for national purposes . Notwith- standing the Confederation purported on its face to con- tain articles of perpetual union , it was easy to see , that its ...
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... thing . but they can do nothing . And , strong as this description may seem , it was literally true ; for Congress had little more than the power of recommending their measures to the good will of the States . §30 . The leading defects ...
... thing . but they can do nothing . And , strong as this description may seem , it was literally true ; for Congress had little more than the power of recommending their measures to the good will of the States . §30 . The leading defects ...
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... things , to give perpetuity , as well as energy , to the republican institutions of their country ; then , indeed , will our gratitude kindle into a holier rev- erence , and their memories will be cherished among those of the noblest ...
... things , to give perpetuity , as well as energy , to the republican institutions of their country ; then , indeed , will our gratitude kindle into a holier rev- erence , and their memories will be cherished among those of the noblest ...
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... thing , that strikes us , upon the slightest survey of the national Constitution , is , that its structur contains a fundamental separation of the three great de partments of government , the legislative , the executive , and the ...
... thing , that strikes us , upon the slightest survey of the national Constitution , is , that its structur contains a fundamental separation of the three great de partments of government , the legislative , the executive , and the ...
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... things ; first , fidelity to the objects of the gov . ernment ; secondly , a knowledge of the means , by which those objects can be best attained . It was suggested , that in the American governments too little attention had been paid ...
... things ; first , fidelity to the objects of the gov . ernment ; secondly , a knowledge of the means , by which those objects can be best attained . It was suggested , that in the American governments too little attention had been paid ...
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