Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, المجلد 2Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 776 من الصفحات |
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... applied , causa proxima , non remota , spectatur . The select body would have been at once the patrons and the guides of the represen- tative ; and the people themselves have become the instruments of subverting their own rights and ...
... applied , causa proxima , non remota , spectatur . The select body would have been at once the patrons and the guides of the represen- tative ; and the people themselves have become the instruments of subverting their own rights and ...
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... applying them . They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions , or the fears of the multitude . They must deliberate , as well as re- solve . If the power drops from their hands before they have an opportunity to ...
... applying them . They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions , or the fears of the multitude . They must deliberate , as well as re- solve . If the power drops from their hands before they have an opportunity to ...
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... applied . The same fundamental principles of govern- ment may require very different , if not entirely oppo- site practices in different states . There is great wisdom in the observations of one of our eminent states- men. 1 The ...
... applied . The same fundamental principles of govern- ment may require very different , if not entirely oppo- site practices in different states . There is great wisdom in the observations of one of our eminent states- men. 1 The ...
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... applied at all to the govern- ment of the Union , was favourable to the extension of the period of service beyond that of the state legisla- tures . The powers of congress are few and limited , and of a national character ; those of the ...
... applied at all to the govern- ment of the Union , was favourable to the extension of the period of service beyond that of the state legisla- tures . The powers of congress are few and limited , and of a national character ; those of the ...
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... applying it . The latter can scarcely be acquired , but by long experience and training in the national coun- cils . The period of service ought , therefore , to bear some proportion to the variety of knowledge and prac- tical skill ...
... applying it . The latter can scarcely be acquired , but by long experience and training in the national coun- cils . The period of service ought , therefore , to bear some proportion to the variety of knowledge and prac- tical skill ...
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الصفحة 507 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
الصفحة 4 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
الصفحة 391 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
الصفحة 395 - Confederation; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases for the general interests of the Union, and also in those to which the states are separately incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation.
الصفحة 547 - 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.
الصفحة 552 - To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
الصفحة 535 - 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.
الصفحة 104 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative ; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New...
الصفحة 309 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the constitution in the government of the United States...
الصفحة 507 - If commerce does not include navigation, the government of the Union has no direct power over that subject, and can make no law prescribing what shall constitute American vessels, or requiring that they shall be navigated by American seamen. Yet this power has been exercised from the commencement of the government, has been exercised with the consent of all, and has been understood by all to be a commercial regulation. All America understands, and has uniformly understood, the word "commerce,