A Disquisition on GovernmentA. S. Johnston, 1851 - 406 Seiten |
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... less incontesta- ble , that , while man is so constituted as to make the social state necessary to his existence and the full development of his faculties , this state itself cannot exist without government . The assumption rests on ...
... less incontesta- ble , that , while man is so constituted as to make the social state necessary to his existence and the full development of his faculties , this state itself cannot exist without government . The assumption rests on ...
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... less de- structive to our race than a state of anarchy . It would , besides , be remediless , -for government would be impossible ; or , if it could by possibility exist , its object would be reversed . Selfishness would have to be ...
... less de- structive to our race than a state of anarchy . It would , besides , be remediless , -for government would be impossible ; or , if it could by possibility exist , its object would be reversed . Selfishness would have to be ...
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... less a bounty to the portion of the community which received back in disburse- ments more than it paid in taxes , because received as salaries for official services ; or payments to per- sons employed in executing the works required by ...
... less a bounty to the portion of the community which received back in disburse- ments more than it paid in taxes , because received as salaries for official services ; or payments to per- sons employed in executing the works required by ...
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... less certain . Nor is it less certain , from the operation of all these causes , that the dominant majority , for the time , would have the same tendency to oppression and abuse of power , which , without the right of suffrage ...
... less certain . Nor is it less certain , from the operation of all these causes , that the dominant majority , for the time , would have the same tendency to oppression and abuse of power , which , without the right of suffrage ...
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... less true , or valuable . Where the organism is perfect , every interest will be truly and fully represented , and of course the whole commu- nity must be so . It may be difficult , or even impos- sible , to make a perfect organism ...
... less true , or valuable . Where the organism is perfect , every interest will be truly and fully represented , and of course the whole commu- nity must be so . It may be difficult , or even impos- sible , to make a perfect organism ...
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Seite 325 - That to this compact each state accede,d as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party : That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Seite 295 - States, and the decision is against their validity, or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
Seite 323 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting...
Seite 288 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Seite 202 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Seite 200 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Seite 130 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Seite 288 - States, and the decision is in favor of their validity ; or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption, specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the constitution, treaty, statute, or commission...
Seite 109 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Seite 145 - The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government. Among a People consolidated into one Nation, this supremacy is completely vested in the National Legislature.