The Political Text Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers; the Constitution of the United States; the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents, from Washington to Tyler; the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson; and a Variety of Useful Tables, EtcW. Blake, 1841 - 489 من الصفحات |
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... appointed him justice of the peace . This , though a trivial distinction , was a token of the Governor's respect for his talents and influence . Doctor Bartlett accepted the appointment , but continued firm in his opposition . His ...
... appointed him justice of the peace . This , though a trivial distinction , was a token of the Governor's respect for his talents and influence . Doctor Bartlett accepted the appointment , but continued firm in his opposition . His ...
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... appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas . In 1782 , he became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court , and in 1788 , was advanced to the head of the bench . Doctor Bartlett was a member of the Convention which adopted ...
... appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas . In 1782 , he became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court , and in 1788 , was advanced to the head of the bench . Doctor Bartlett was a member of the Convention which adopted ...
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... appointed by Congress , in connexion with Dr. Franklin and Samuel Chase , on a commission to pro- ceed to Canada , to persuade the people of that province to relinquish their allegiance to the crown of England , and unite with the ...
... appointed by Congress , in connexion with Dr. Franklin and Samuel Chase , on a commission to pro- ceed to Canada , to persuade the people of that province to relinquish their allegiance to the crown of England , and unite with the ...
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... appointed , in conjunction with Benjamin Franklin and Charles Carroll , to proceed to Canada , for the pur- pose of inducing the inhabitants to cancel their allegiance to Great Britain , and join the American Confederacy . Although the ...
... appointed , in conjunction with Benjamin Franklin and Charles Carroll , to proceed to Canada , for the pur- pose of inducing the inhabitants to cancel their allegiance to Great Britain , and join the American Confederacy . Although the ...
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... appointed by Washington an associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States , a station which he occupied for fifteen years , and which he supported with great dignity and ability . It was his ill fortune , however , to have ...
... appointed by Washington an associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States , a station which he occupied for fifteen years , and which he supported with great dignity and ability . It was his ill fortune , however , to have ...
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الصفحة 123 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
الصفحة 115 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
الصفحة 151 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
الصفحة 397 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
الصفحة 150 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
الصفحة 129 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
الصفحة 401 - So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification.
الصفحة 392 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
الصفحة 121 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
الصفحة 392 - Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.