American Annual Register of Public Events, Volume 5Joseph Blunt G. and C. Carvill, 1832 - History |
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... South America , and also to procure supplies for the West Indies through the northern colonies . It was altogether in- operative upon European and also upon American powers , except upon the United States , in refer- ence to whose trade ...
... South America , and also to procure supplies for the West Indies through the northern colonies . It was altogether in- operative upon European and also upon American powers , except upon the United States , in refer- ence to whose trade ...
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... South Carolina , been uniformly hostile to the exercise of power by the Federal Govern- ment . This State , although vot- ing with the adjacent States on all local and on most national ques- tions , had on some occasions , as in 1816 ...
... South Carolina , been uniformly hostile to the exercise of power by the Federal Govern- ment . This State , although vot- ing with the adjacent States on all local and on most national ques- tions , had on some occasions , as in 1816 ...
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... South Carolina insti- tuted a committee to inquire into the powers of the Federal Gov- ernment , in reference to certain subjects then agitated . The report of this committee , which received the sanction of the State Senate on the ...
... South Carolina insti- tuted a committee to inquire into the powers of the Federal Gov- ernment , in reference to certain subjects then agitated . The report of this committee , which received the sanction of the State Senate on the ...
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... South Carolina and Georgia ; still the qualified oppo- sition first made to the law proved , that the South was not united in the unconstitutional stand taken by some of the States on that sub- ject , and that the injustice and op ...
... South Carolina and Georgia ; still the qualified oppo- sition first made to the law proved , that the South was not united in the unconstitutional stand taken by some of the States on that sub- ject , and that the injustice and op ...
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... South Carolina and Georgia . Acting upon the new principle advanced by Geor- gia in relation to the sovereignty of the State over all land within its limits , some of the new States have lately set up a claim to the property in the soil ...
... South Carolina and Georgia . Acting upon the new principle advanced by Geor- gia in relation to the sovereignty of the State over all land within its limits , some of the new States have lately set up a claim to the property in the soil ...
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Page 122 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 111 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther 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,...
Page 91 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 112 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Page 111 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 32 - Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 111 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history : the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure.
Page 122 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 96 - ... is dealing with one of whose temper and character he has yet much to learn. Sir, I shall not allow myself, on this occasion, I hope on no occasion, to be betrayed into any loss of temper; but, if provoked, as I trust I never shall...
Page 122 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...