Beginnings of the American People, 2. sējumsHoughton Mifflin, 1915 - 279 lappuses |
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... representative of the United States , he bent all his energies to the task of securing a commercial treaty which would provide for unrestricted intercourse between the countries . It was an impossible task . At every turn he encoun ...
... representative of the United States , he bent all his energies to the task of securing a commercial treaty which would provide for unrestricted intercourse between the countries . It was an impossible task . At every turn he encoun ...
13. lappuse
... representative assembly , an appointive council , and a delegate in Congress . Six articles of compact were also written into the ordinance , which were to remain forever unalterable except by the common consent of the parties thereto ...
... representative assembly , an appointive council , and a delegate in Congress . Six articles of compact were also written into the ordinance , which were to remain forever unalterable except by the common consent of the parties thereto ...
30. lappuse
... representatives to make any alterations which should deprive the State of its equal vote in Congress . As the doors closed on this notable body in the chamber over Independence Hall in the State House , profound secrecy enveloped its ...
... representatives to make any alterations which should deprive the State of its equal vote in Congress . As the doors closed on this notable body in the chamber over Independence Hall in the State House , profound secrecy enveloped its ...
33. lappuse
... representative for every forty thousand inhabitants in each State , counting three fifths of the slaves , and that in the second chamber the States should have an equal vote . The first proposition underwent further changes at the hands ...
... representative for every forty thousand inhabitants in each State , counting three fifths of the slaves , and that in the second chamber the States should have an equal vote . The first proposition underwent further changes at the hands ...
47. lappuse
... were still at work remodeling the old City Hall into a fitting habita- tion for the new Federal Congress . It was not until the 30th that enough Representatives were in attend- ance to RESTORATION OF PUBLIC CREDIT 47.
... were still at work remodeling the old City Hall into a fitting habita- tion for the new Federal Congress . It was not until the 30th that enough Representatives were in attend- ance to RESTORATION OF PUBLIC CREDIT 47.
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344. lappuse - The constitution confers absolutely on the government of the union the powers of making war, and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
140. lappuse - So if a law be in opposition to the Constitution; if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution; or conformably to the Constitution disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
96. lappuse - Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.
295. lappuse - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
263. lappuse - Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished.
151. lappuse - ... to enter into a treaty or convention with the First Consul of France for the purpose of enlarging and more effectually securing our rights and interests in the river Mississippi and in the Territories eastward thereof.
153. lappuse - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
190. lappuse - I deem it my duty to recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress, who will doubtless perceive all the advantages which may be expected from an inhibition of the departure of our vessels from the ports of the United States.
143. lappuse - An opinion is huddled up in conclave, perhaps by a majority of one, delivered as if unanimous, and with the silent acquiescence of lazy or timid associates, by a crafty chief judge, who sophisticates the law to his mind, by the turn of his own reasoning.
134. lappuse - On their part, they have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold. There the remains of federalism are to be preserved and fed from the treasury, and from that battery all the • works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased.