The American Annual Register for the Years ..., Or, the ... Year of American IndependenceWilliam Jackson, 1835 - History, Modern |
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... laws made under it , are the supreme law of the land , which no state is at liberty to disregard or to annul - that if oppressive or un- constitutional laws are passed , the agrieved party may appeal to the people , who , in exercising ...
... laws made under it , are the supreme law of the land , which no state is at liberty to disregard or to annul - that if oppressive or un- constitutional laws are passed , the agrieved party may appeal to the people , who , in exercising ...
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... laws . This discussion , which com- menced on the 8th of January , was continued in the ordinary manner , the advocates and oppo- nents delivering prepared speech- es , each occupying a day , until the 16th of January , when new ...
... laws . This discussion , which com- menced on the 8th of January , was continued in the ordinary manner , the advocates and oppo- nents delivering prepared speech- es , each occupying a day , until the 16th of January , when new ...
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... laws of the United States , and that this removal might be made upon petition , without any return of the record . Provision was also recommended to be made for redress in the federal courts , of any injuries committed under the ...
... laws of the United States , and that this removal might be made upon petition , without any return of the record . Provision was also recommended to be made for redress in the federal courts , of any injuries committed under the ...
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... law or equity , arising under the laws of the United States : and any per- son suffering injury in his person or his property , for any act done under the laws of the U. States , may institute and prosecute a suit in the circuit court ...
... law or equity , arising under the laws of the United States : and any per- son suffering injury in his person or his property , for any act done under the laws of the U. States , may institute and prosecute a suit in the circuit court ...
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laws of the United States , is to be repleviable only by process of courts of the United States : and The fifth section provides , that any person who shall dispossess whenever the president of the or rescue any property in cus- United ...
laws of the United States , is to be repleviable only by process of courts of the United States : and The fifth section provides , that any person who shall dispossess whenever the president of the or rescue any property in cus- United ...
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Popular passages
Page 325 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Page 27 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Page 111 - I have no discretionary power on the subject ; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution deceived you; they could not have been deceived themselves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they know that such opposition must be repelled. Their object is disunion. But be not deceived by names. Disunion by armed force is treason.
Page 162 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 136 - Agents, or the persons duly authorized to supply their places, shall have the right as such to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 137 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.
Page 109 - to take care that the laws be faithfully executed" shall be performed to the extent of the powers already vested in me by law, or of such...
Page 135 - Austrian vessels, may also be so imported in vessels of the United States of America, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever...
Page 124 - Government is not made the final judge of the powers delegated to it, since that would make its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among sovereign parties, without any common judge, each has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of the infraction as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 106 - Because the Union was formed by compact, it is said the parties to that compact may, when they feel themselves aggrieved, depart from it; but it is precisely because it is a compact that they cannot. A compact is an agreement or binding obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not.