History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpkins, 1840 - 480 Seiten |
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... former policy . + Others estimated the income from imports at 2,500,000 , and the expenses : for the whole civil list at 350,000 . This included Indian supplies , & c . tion the first of August ; and in one month 1789 ] 21 WASHINGTON .
... former policy . + Others estimated the income from imports at 2,500,000 , and the expenses : for the whole civil list at 350,000 . This included Indian supplies , & c . tion the first of August ; and in one month 1789 ] 21 WASHINGTON .
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... a Committee of the House had , at the first session , and the annual expenses of government and interest of the debt at three and a half millions , er was granted by the Constitution for the express purpose 1790 ] 31 WASHINGTON .
... a Committee of the House had , at the first session , and the annual expenses of government and interest of the debt at three and a half millions , er was granted by the Constitution for the express purpose 1790 ] 31 WASHINGTON .
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... expenses of the war . On inquiry , it was ascertained , that several had claims on the general government , for a balance due , or an excess over their proportion ; and that others had not expended their full and just share . The amount ...
... expenses of the war . On inquiry , it was ascertained , that several had claims on the general government , for a balance due , or an excess over their proportion ; and that others had not expended their full and just share . The amount ...
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... expenses of government , and to discharge , as good policy dictated , the heavy debt of the nation , so rapidly as was generally desired . The Constitution gives Congress power to provide by law , for calling out the militia of the ...
... expenses of government , and to discharge , as good policy dictated , the heavy debt of the nation , so rapidly as was generally desired . The Constitution gives Congress power to provide by law , for calling out the militia of the ...
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... expenses of treaties , and for extinguishing the Indian claims , as far as they would consent ; and for paying what had been previously promised for lands , which the Indians had ceded to Con- gress . In 1789 , a treaty with several ...
... expenses of treaties , and for extinguishing the Indian claims , as far as they would consent ; and for paying what had been previously promised for lands , which the Indians had ceded to Con- gress . In 1789 , a treaty with several ...
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Seite 452 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's government; made for the people; made by the people: and answerable to the people.
Seite 450 - ... 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 the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Seite 16 - In tendering this ho.mage to the great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large, less than either.
Seite 465 - ... 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 the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Seite 468 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 87 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Seite 92 - Such is the amiable and interesting system of government (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations for eight years under the administration of a citizen who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty to...
Seite 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Seite 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Seite 92 - This example has been recommended to the imitation of his successors, by both Houses of Congress, and by the voice of the Legislatures and the people, throughout the nation. On this subject it might become me better to be silent, or to speak with diffidence; but as something may be expected, the occasion...