The Life of Gen. Frank. Pierce, of New Hampshire: The Democratic Candidate for President of the United StatesDerby & Miller, 1852 - 300 من الصفحات |
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... defence to the community , " and to con- stitute a part of the active force of the country , " to serve in the field , or on the frontier , or in the forti- fications of the sea - coast , as the commander - in - chief may direct . " At ...
... defence to the community , " and to con- stitute a part of the active force of the country , " to serve in the field , or on the frontier , or in the forti- fications of the sea - coast , as the commander - in - chief may direct . " At ...
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... Defence , on the 31st of January , 1800 . The Secretary says : " Agreeably to the plan of the Military Academy , the directors thereof are to be officers taken from the army ; consequently no expense will be incurred by such appointment ...
... Defence , on the 31st of January , 1800 . The Secretary says : " Agreeably to the plan of the Military Academy , the directors thereof are to be officers taken from the army ; consequently no expense will be incurred by such appointment ...
الصفحة 87
... defence , and praying its adoption by Congress . " And also from " the memorial of the Military Convention , holden at Norwich , Vermont , praying for the re- vision and alteration of the system of military de- fences of the United ...
... defence , and praying its adoption by Congress . " And also from " the memorial of the Military Convention , holden at Norwich , Vermont , praying for the re- vision and alteration of the system of military de- fences of the United ...
الصفحة 88
... defence , efficiency , uni- formity , and the advantage of a settled system . We could now do it with the light of enlarged expe- rience , and the benefit of many experiments made at the expense of others . In this age of progress , and ...
... defence , efficiency , uni- formity , and the advantage of a settled system . We could now do it with the light of enlarged expe- rience , and the benefit of many experiments made at the expense of others . In this age of progress , and ...
الصفحة 89
... defence even of our large commercial cities . It must be regarded as no less clear , that no foreign power could ever embark in the Quixotic enterprise of conquering this country , unless its Constitution should be first trampled SPEECH ...
... defence even of our large commercial cities . It must be regarded as no less clear , that no foreign power could ever embark in the Quixotic enterprise of conquering this country , unless its Constitution should be first trampled SPEECH ...
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الصفحة 255 - States; and to sustain and advance among us constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to those principles and compromises of the Constitution, which are broad enough and strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full expansion of the energies and capacity of this great and progressive...
الصفحة 253 - ... to suspend the passage of a bill, whose merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon, and which has thrice saved the American people from the corrupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States.
الصفحة 39 - Congress that the half pay granted by sundry resolutions was regarded in an unfavorable light by the citizens of some of these States, who would prefer a compensation for a limited term of years, or by a sum in gross, to an establishment for life...
الصفحة 250 - 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 250 - That the Federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. "2. That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of Internal Improvements.
الصفحة 254 - That the Democratic party will faithfully abide by and uphold the principles laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the report of Mr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature, in 1799 ; that it adopts those principles as constituting one of the main foundations of its political creed, and is resolved to carry them out in their obvious meaning and import.
الصفحة 253 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or colour the attempt may be made.
الصفحة 123 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.
الصفحة 250 - That the Constitution does not confer authority upon the federal government, directly or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several states, contracted for local internal improvements or other state purposes; nor would such assumption be just or expedient.
الصفحة 122 - That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to interfere in any way with the institution of slavery in any of the States of this confederacy; and that in the opinion of this House, Congress ought not to interfere in any way with slavery in the District of Columbia...