Democracy in America, المجلد 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 |
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... inhabitants ; the right of governing descended with the family inheritance from generation to generation ; force was the only means by which man could act on man ; and landed property was the sole source of power . Soon , however , the ...
... inhabitants ; the right of governing descended with the family inheritance from generation to generation ; force was the only means by which man could act on man ; and landed property was the sole source of power . Soon , however , the ...
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... inhabitants . Some wandering tribes had been for ages scattered the forest shades or the green among pastures of the prairie . From the mouth of the St. Law- rence to the Delta of the Mississippi , and from the At- lantic to the Pacific ...
... inhabitants . Some wandering tribes had been for ages scattered the forest shades or the green among pastures of the prairie . From the mouth of the St. Law- rence to the Delta of the Mississippi , and from the At- lantic to the Pacific ...
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... inhabitants of New England . Their arrival . - Their first laws . Their social con- tract . - Penal code borrowed from the Hebrew legislation . — Reli- gious fervour . - Republican spirit . — Intimate union of the spirit of religion ...
... inhabitants of New England . Their arrival . - Their first laws . Their social con- tract . - Penal code borrowed from the Hebrew legislation . — Reli- gious fervour . - Republican spirit . — Intimate union of the spirit of religion ...
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... inhabitants , which had always been se- date and reflecting , became argumentative and austere . General information had been increased by intellectual debate , and the mind had received a deeper cultivation . Whilst religion was the ...
... inhabitants , which had always been se- date and reflecting , became argumentative and austere . General information had been increased by intellectual debate , and the mind had received a deeper cultivation . Whilst religion was the ...
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... inhabitants of the mother - country , the colony continued to present the novel spectacle of a community homogeneous in all its parts . A democracy more perfect than any which antiquity had dreamt of , started in full size and panoply ...
... inhabitants of the mother - country , the colony continued to present the novel spectacle of a community homogeneous in all its parts . A democracy more perfect than any which antiquity had dreamt of , started in full size and panoply ...
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الصفحة 296 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
الصفحة 274 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
الصفحة 272 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
الصفحة 271 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
الصفحة 273 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
الصفحة 274 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
الصفحة 296 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon...
الصفحة 265 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
الصفحة 293 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
الصفحة 270 - 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 : and, 17.