Beginnings of the American People, 2. sējumsHoughton Mifflin, 1915 - 279 lappuses |
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4. lappuse
... passed the Trespass Act , which permitted suits for the re- covery of property that had passed into the hands of the enemy upon the flight of the owners . The terms of the act were in flat contradiction to the treaty of peace . Further ...
... passed the Trespass Act , which permitted suits for the re- covery of property that had passed into the hands of the enemy upon the flight of the owners . The terms of the act were in flat contradiction to the treaty of peace . Further ...
5. lappuse
... passed into our native idiom . Without power to levy taxes , Congress could only make requisitions upon the States . The returns were pitifully inadequate to the needs of government . All told , less than a million and a half of dollars ...
... passed into our native idiom . Without power to levy taxes , Congress could only make requisitions upon the States . The returns were pitifully inadequate to the needs of government . All told , less than a million and a half of dollars ...
7. lappuse
... passing navi- gation laws upon Congress or themselves pass retali- atory acts against Great Britain . Congress had , indeed , already urged upon the States the necessity of yielding the power to enact navigation laws ; but they had ...
... passing navi- gation laws upon Congress or themselves pass retali- atory acts against Great Britain . Congress had , indeed , already urged upon the States the necessity of yielding the power to enact navigation laws ; but they had ...
18. lappuse
... passed an act for the emission of bills of credit which were to be issued to any freeholder who would offer as security real estate of any sort to double the amount of the loan . " Many from all parts of the State made haste to avail ...
... passed an act for the emission of bills of credit which were to be issued to any freeholder who would offer as security real estate of any sort to double the amount of the loan . " Many from all parts of the State made haste to avail ...
20. lappuse
... passing a legal - tender act or fixing the fees of lawyers and the costs of courts , contributed to the unrest which was now assuming a threatening as- pect . During August and September riotous mobs prevented the courts from sitting at ...
... passing a legal - tender act or fixing the fees of lawyers and the costs of courts , contributed to the unrest which was now assuming a threatening as- pect . During August and September riotous mobs prevented the courts from sitting at ...
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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.