The Life of James Knox PolkJ. M. Alden, 1850 - 395 من الصفحات |
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... direct participation , and therefore doing his memory a positive injustice . Aside from all political considerations , there is some- thing in the character of Mr. Polk , in his early struggles and in his triumphs , which is worthy of ...
... direct participation , and therefore doing his memory a positive injustice . Aside from all political considerations , there is some- thing in the character of Mr. Polk , in his early struggles and in his triumphs , which is worthy of ...
الصفحة 59
... Direct attempts to subvert the principles of the constitution - to overawe the free and full expression of the popular will ; open and undis- guised acts of tyranny and injustice , are rarely known among us , because their bearing is at ...
... Direct attempts to subvert the principles of the constitution - to overawe the free and full expression of the popular will ; open and undis- guised acts of tyranny and injustice , are rarely known among us , because their bearing is at ...
الصفحة 62
... proposed in the Senate by Mr. Benton , of Missouri , providing for a direct vote by the people , in districts , for president , and dis- pensing with the electoral colleges ; and by Mr. McDuf- 62 [ 1825-39 . JAMES KNOX POLK .
... proposed in the Senate by Mr. Benton , of Missouri , providing for a direct vote by the people , in districts , for president , and dis- pensing with the electoral colleges ; and by Mr. McDuf- 62 [ 1825-39 . JAMES KNOX POLK .
الصفحة 69
... Direct- ors of the Bank of the United States were summoned to Washington , and examined upon oath , before the com- mittee just named . A division of opinion resulted in the presentation of two reports . That of the majority , which ...
... Direct- ors of the Bank of the United States were summoned to Washington , and examined upon oath , before the com- mittee just named . A division of opinion resulted in the presentation of two reports . That of the majority , which ...
الصفحة 80
... direct taxes , and to prohibitory and protective duties , and in favor of such moderate duties as would not cut off importation . In other words , he was in favor of reducing the duties to the rates of the compromise act , where the ...
... direct taxes , and to prohibitory and protective duties , and in favor of such moderate duties as would not cut off importation . In other words , he was in favor of reducing the duties to the rates of the compromise act , where the ...
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الصفحة 346 - An act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals as he...
الصفحة 138 - That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith...
الصفحة 347 - It is contended on the one side that as the National Government is a government of limited powers it has no right to expend money except in the performance of acts authorized by the other specific grants according to a strict construction of their powers...
الصفحة 225 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic majesty, and those of his most Christian majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
الصفحة 27 - ... 4. Resolved, that as we now acknowledge the existence and control of no law or legal officer, civil or military, within this county, we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life all, each and every of our former laws — wherein nevertheless the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority therein.
الصفحة 153 - That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country...
الصفحة 390 - An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue...
الصفحة 105 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
الصفحة 139 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
الصفحة 229 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.