The American Annual Register for the Years ..., Or, the ... Year of American IndependenceJoseph Blunt William Jackson, 1835 - History |
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... nations could negotiate , still it was ne- cessary for him to obtain a grant from the chambers to enable him to execute it . This , however , was a difficulty for the French government and the French nation to adjust for themselves ...
... nations could negotiate , still it was ne- cessary for him to obtain a grant from the chambers to enable him to execute it . This , however , was a difficulty for the French government and the French nation to adjust for themselves ...
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... nation took place into the terms of this compromise . The government of the United States had so long and so steadi- ly adhered , in all its commercial arrangements , to the principles of reciprocity , that an open abandonment of that ...
... nation took place into the terms of this compromise . The government of the United States had so long and so steadi- ly adhered , in all its commercial arrangements , to the principles of reciprocity , that an open abandonment of that ...
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... nation , having de- legated full power to their com- mon agents to preserve and de- fend their national interests for the purpose of attaining the great end of all government , the safety and happiness of the governed ; that while the ...
... nation , having de- legated full power to their com- mon agents to preserve and de- fend their national interests for the purpose of attaining the great end of all government , the safety and happiness of the governed ; that while the ...
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... nation of this long disputed question . Amendment after amendment was introduced , each producing debate , and the session seemed drawing to a close , without any proposition being made , that was calculated to unite the votes of a ...
... nation of this long disputed question . Amendment after amendment was introduced , each producing debate , and the session seemed drawing to a close , without any proposition being made , that was calculated to unite the votes of a ...
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... nations , when one nation con- quered another , the lands of the vanquished belonged to the vic- tors ; and , according to the Ro- man law , the lands thus acqui- red were divided into parts , one allotted to the poorer class of the ...
... nations , when one nation con- quered another , the lands of the vanquished belonged to the vic- tors ; and , according to the Ro- man law , the lands thus acqui- red were divided into parts , one allotted to the poorer class of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 323 - 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 138 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Page 132 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 107 - The laws of the United States must be executed. 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 94 - Carolina have passed an ordinance by which they declare "that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities, and now having actual operation and effect within the United States, and more especially...
Page 160 - 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 139 - However gross a heresy it may be to maintain that a party to a compact has a right to revoke that compact, the doctrine itself has had respectable advocates. The possibility of a question of this nature proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original...
Page 102 - 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.
Page 123 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.