The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical Analysis, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Prominent Political Acts of George Washington, Electoral Votes for All the Presidents and Vice-presidents, the High Authorities and Civil Officers of Government, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1847, Chronological Narrative of the Several States, and Other Interesting Matter, with a Description Account of the State Papers, Public Documents, and Other Sources of Political and Statistical Information at the Seat of GovernmentT.K. & P.G. Collins, 1854 - 521 Seiten |
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... approved 3d March , 1847 , in the following words : - " Such publications or books as have been or may be pub- lished , procured , or purchased by order of either House of Congress , or a joint resolution of the two Houses , shall be ...
... approved 3d March , 1847 , in the following words : - " Such publications or books as have been or may be pub- lished , procured , or purchased by order of either House of Congress , or a joint resolution of the two Houses , shall be ...
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... approved its association with the examples of republican virtue and the paternal advice of the " Father of his country , " joined to other kindred matter , constituting the body of this work . To this honor- able body is due the credit ...
... approved its association with the examples of republican virtue and the paternal advice of the " Father of his country , " joined to other kindred matter , constituting the body of this work . To this honor- able body is due the credit ...
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... approval of the plan and of the merits of the work . I do hope it will have a very extensive demand — that the state legislatures will patronize it , and that its circulation extensive with the limits of Union . It is a lamentable faci ...
... approval of the plan and of the merits of the work . I do hope it will have a very extensive demand — that the state legislatures will patronize it , and that its circulation extensive with the limits of Union . It is a lamentable faci ...
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... approved and ratified the salutary constitutions of government made by men ; " while De- mosthenes declares , that " the design and object of laws is to ascer- tain what is just , honorable , and expedient ; and when that is dis ...
... approved and ratified the salutary constitutions of government made by men ; " while De- mosthenes declares , that " the design and object of laws is to ascer- tain what is just , honorable , and expedient ; and when that is dis ...
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... approved May 3 , 1798. 8th February , 1817 ........... ........ 10. AN ACT to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States , and for other purposes . 20th April , 1818 .... 11. AN ACT in addition to the " Act for the ...
... approved May 3 , 1798. 8th February , 1817 ........... ........ 10. AN ACT to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States , and for other purposes . 20th April , 1818 .... 11. AN ACT in addition to the " Act for the ...
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Seite 237 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Seite 502 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of...
Seite 500 - For the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct...
Seite 502 - ... or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question : but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three persons out of each of the united states, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than...
Seite 505 - And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.
Seite 500 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties,...
Seite xxxii - ... freedom of religion ; freedom of the press; and freedom of person under the protection of the Habeas Corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected.
Seite 505 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of confederation and perpetual union...
Seite 238 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Seite 501 - ... united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the united states in congress assembled shall determine otherwise.