The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution |
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Page xiii
... honorable , and expedient ; and when that is discovered , it is pro- claimed as a general ordinance , equal and impartial to all . This is the origin of law , which , for various reasons , all are under an obligation to obey , but espe ...
... honorable , and expedient ; and when that is discovered , it is pro- claimed as a general ordinance , equal and impartial to all . This is the origin of law , which , for various reasons , all are under an obligation to obey , but espe ...
Page xxvii
... honorable discharge of the public debts ; to keep , within the requisite limits , a standing military force , always remembering that an armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that with- out standing armies ...
... honorable discharge of the public debts ; to keep , within the requisite limits , a standing military force , always remembering that an armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that with- out standing armies ...
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... honorable body , as indicated by the choice of Senators to occupy the station of President pro tem- pore , whose political sentiments were , at the time , well known . This table also shews the commence- ment and termination of , as ...
... honorable body , as indicated by the choice of Senators to occupy the station of President pro tem- pore , whose political sentiments were , at the time , well known . This table also shews the commence- ment and termination of , as ...
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... honorably contended . " Resolved , That Congress agree to the said report . And to the end , that Congress may remain wholly acquitted from every imputation of a want of attention to the interest and welfare of those whom they represent ...
... honorably contended . " Resolved , That Congress agree to the said report . And to the end , that Congress may remain wholly acquitted from every imputation of a want of attention to the interest and welfare of those whom they represent ...
Page 116
... honorable the legislatures of Virginia , Delaware , Pennsylva- nia , New Jersey , and New York , the commissioners from the said States , respectively , assembled at Annapolis , humbly beg leave to report : That , pursuant to their ...
... honorable the legislatures of Virginia , Delaware , Pennsylva- nia , New Jersey , and New York , the commissioners from the said States , respectively , assembled at Annapolis , humbly beg leave to report : That , pursuant to their ...
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Page xxiv - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 196 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 33 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page xxv - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.