The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... objects are presented in a light more or less at variance with truth . The more they attract in the direction of one party the more requisite it becomes to hold them at arm's length- to follow the example of one of our judges , who ...
... objects are presented in a light more or less at variance with truth . The more they attract in the direction of one party the more requisite it becomes to hold them at arm's length- to follow the example of one of our judges , who ...
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... objects will break the ties of a common interest which now preserve the Union . The districts of South , North , and West are joined like some wall of incongruous material , with a cement insufficient to secure perpetual cohesion . They ...
... objects will break the ties of a common interest which now preserve the Union . The districts of South , North , and West are joined like some wall of incongruous material , with a cement insufficient to secure perpetual cohesion . They ...
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... object of the present inquiry is to form a judgment of the real value of the Union , not as an abstract question , but in connection with the existing struggle for its maintenance . We pro- pose , in the first place , to consider what ...
... object of the present inquiry is to form a judgment of the real value of the Union , not as an abstract question , but in connection with the existing struggle for its maintenance . We pro- pose , in the first place , to consider what ...
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... object to obtain for the State the advantage of the highest attainable ability ; and the men chosen as the earliest Presidents were the ablest men of the time . But the Union has outgrown all this . POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNION . 27.
... object to obtain for the State the advantage of the highest attainable ability ; and the men chosen as the earliest Presidents were the ablest men of the time . But the Union has outgrown all this . POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNION . 27.
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... object , the success of the party ticket . Under such a system , we can no longer wonder at the contrast which the recent Presidents offer to those of former days . And the qualifications required for the office are not light . Justice ...
... object , the success of the party ticket . Under such a system , we can no longer wonder at the contrast which the recent Presidents offer to those of former days . And the qualifications required for the office are not light . Justice ...
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The American Union: Its Effect on National Character and Policy James Spence Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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Seite 338 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Seite 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Seite 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seite 353 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Seite 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Seite 356 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 354 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Seite 330 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Seite 349 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.