 A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced...  A Handbook of Politics for 1868 [to 1894] - Page 54by Edward McPherson - 1872Full view - About this book
 | James Madison Porter - Charters - 1837 - 72 pages
...which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. That this idea was entertained by the framers of the Constitution is not only to be inferred from the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 696 pages
...which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. That this idea was entertained by the framers of the constitution is not only to be inferred from the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 520 pages
...which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably...requires that only its great outlines should be marked — iis important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which compose those ol'jects, be deduced... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1838 - 546 pages
...have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature required that only its great outlines should be marked, its...important objects designated, and the minor ingredients left to be deduced. There is no restrictive term preventing the Constitution from receiving a fair... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 pages
...have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature required that only its great outlines should be marked, its...important objects designated, and the minor ingredients left to be deduced. J There is no restrictive term preventing the Constitution from receiving a fair... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. |_Its nature therefore requires that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1847 - 640 pages
...which ihey may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. — It would...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves." From the peculiar relation of the government of the United States towards the State government, much... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 834 pages
...cognizance, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its great...designated, and the minor ingredients which compose these objects be deduced from the nature of the objects themselves." — McCulloch vs. State of Maryland... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 560 pages
...&c., would partake of the prolixity of a legal code and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its great...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves." 2 Florida 293. quoting McCullough vs. Maryland, 4 Wh., 407. In Anderson vs. Dunn, the subject was still... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 710 pages
...which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. That this idea was entertained by the framers of the American constitution is not only to be inferred... | |
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