A Disquisition on government and a discourse on the Constitution and government of the United StatesD. Appleton, 1851 |
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... consti- tution , in its strict and limited sense . From what has been said , it is manifest , that this provision must be of a character calculated to pre- vent any one interest , or combination of interests , from using the powers of ...
... consti- tution , in its strict and limited sense . From what has been said , it is manifest , that this provision must be of a character calculated to pre- vent any one interest , or combination of interests , from using the powers of ...
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... consti- tutional governments , and to destroy them even when they have been formed . It leads to the con- clusion that , in their formation and establishment nothing more is necessary than the right of suf frage , and the allotment to ...
... consti- tutional governments , and to destroy them even when they have been formed . It leads to the con- clusion that , in their formation and establishment nothing more is necessary than the right of suf frage , and the allotment to ...
الصفحة 33
... consti- tution , either by the undermining process of con- struction , where its meaning would admit of pos- sible doubt , or by substituting in practice what is called party - usage , in place of its provisions ; - or , finally , when ...
... consti- tution , either by the undermining process of con- struction , where its meaning would admit of pos- sible doubt , or by substituting in practice what is called party - usage , in place of its provisions ; - or , finally , when ...
الصفحة 36
... consti- tutional governments . But , as there can be no constitution without the negative power , and no negative power without the concurrent majority ; -it follows , necessarily , that where the numerical majority has the sole control ...
... consti- tutional governments . But , as there can be no constitution without the negative power , and no negative power without the concurrent majority ; -it follows , necessarily , that where the numerical majority has the sole control ...
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... consti- tutional government , to be afterwards matured and perfected . Such governments have been , emphati- cally , the product of circumstances . And hence , the difficulty of one people imitating the govern- ment of another . And ...
... consti- tutional government , to be afterwards matured and perfected . Such governments have been , emphati- cally , the product of circumstances . And hence , the difficulty of one people imitating the govern- ment of another . And ...
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الصفحة 355 - That to this compact each state accede,d as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party : That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
الصفحة 354 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the States who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
الصفحة 325 - States, and the decision is against their validity, or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
الصفحة 353 - That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
الصفحة 318 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
الصفحة 208 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
الصفحة 206 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
الصفحة 350 - ... general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money.
الصفحة 249 - ... be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified, by the Congress, by the Senate or House of Representatives, acting in" any capacity, by the President, or any department or officer of the United States, except in those instances in which power is given by the Constitution for those purposes; and that, among other essential rights, the liberty of conscience, and of the press, cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified, by any authority of the United States.
الصفحة 136 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.