History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to March, 1839 |
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... appointed by the legislatures thereof , did not possess authority to carry into full effect the measures which they considered proper and important , without the consent of the State legislatures . It could only devise and recom- mend ...
... appointed by the legislatures thereof , did not possess authority to carry into full effect the measures which they considered proper and important , without the consent of the State legislatures . It could only devise and recom- mend ...
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... appointed to France . He afterwards went to Holland , to obtain a loan for the United States . And in 1783 , when peace was made with England , he received the appointment of Envoy Extraor- dinary to the British court . His character ...
... appointed to France . He afterwards went to Holland , to obtain a loan for the United States . And in 1783 , when peace was made with England , he received the appointment of Envoy Extraor- dinary to the British court . His character ...
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... appointed , were those who had distinguished themselves in the war of the Revolution . + North Carolina adopted the Constitution , November , 1789 , and Rhode Island , in 1790 . John Jay , of New York , was appointed Chief Justice ; and ...
... appointed , were those who had distinguished themselves in the war of the Revolution . + North Carolina adopted the Constitution , November , 1789 , and Rhode Island , in 1790 . John Jay , of New York , was appointed Chief Justice ; and ...
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... appoint- ed merely to execute his will and his orders . And the bill was finally passed by the House of Representatives , with- out denying the power of the President , by a vote of thirty- three to twenty . This decision had particular ...
... appoint- ed merely to execute his will and his orders . And the bill was finally passed by the House of Representatives , with- out denying the power of the President , by a vote of thirty- three to twenty . This decision had particular ...
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... appointed , to consider the propriety of establishing a permanent system of bankruptcy through- out the United States . The importance of such a system was suggested and urged by several members , but the com- mittee made no report ...
... appointed , to consider the propriety of establishing a permanent system of bankruptcy through- out the United States . The importance of such a system was suggested and urged by several members , but the com- mittee made no report ...
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Page 16 - In tendering this homage 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.
Page 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 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.
Page 459 - ... 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 16 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States...
Page 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.
Page 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Page 447 - To make war, for instance, is an exercise of sovereignty; but the Constitution declares that no State shall make war. To coin money, is another exercise of sovereign power; but no State is at liberty to coin money. Again, the Constitution says that no sovereign State shall be so sovereign as to make a treaty. These prohibitions, it must be confessed, are a control on the State sovereignty of South Carolina, as well as of the other States, which does not arise " from her own feelings of honorable...