The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... it in statistical works . Figures certainly impart a glittering ap- pearance to the page ; but I have found their effect upon myself , when so introduced , like that of surveying a landscape through a window framed with a vi PREFACE .
... it in statistical works . Figures certainly impart a glittering ap- pearance to the page ; but I have found their effect upon myself , when so introduced , like that of surveying a landscape through a window framed with a vi PREFACE .
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James Spence. of surveying a landscape through a window framed with a number of partitions interlacing innumer- able little panes . Such an arrangement may en- hance architectural effect , but the view is generally clearer through a ...
James Spence. of surveying a landscape through a window framed with a number of partitions interlacing innumer- able little panes . Such an arrangement may en- hance architectural effect , but the view is generally clearer through a ...
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... framing of the Constitution Secession not a novel doctrine . - Asserted by the North Arguments used against secession . - Replies to them No clause forbidding secession . - The reasons for this The phrase , " We , the people . " - Its ...
... framing of the Constitution Secession not a novel doctrine . - Asserted by the North Arguments used against secession . - Replies to them No clause forbidding secession . - The reasons for this The phrase , " We , the people . " - Its ...
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... framed by slave - owners , will afford slender hope of advantage to the slave ; and , indeed , it seems possible that the chances of his escape might be better in breaking the walls of his prison , than in re- building them . It may ...
... framed by slave - owners , will afford slender hope of advantage to the slave ; and , indeed , it seems possible that the chances of his escape might be better in breaking the walls of his prison , than in re- building them . It may ...
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... framed , until the 1st March , 1781 , when the " Articles of Confederation " came into force . But Those " Articles " form a complete and very elaborate Constitution . We know that exception will be taken to their being termed a ...
... framed , until the 1st March , 1781 , when the " Articles of Confederation " came into force . But Those " Articles " form a complete and very elaborate Constitution . We know that exception will be taken to their being termed a ...
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الصفحة 338 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
الصفحة 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
الصفحة 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
الصفحة 353 - ... 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 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
الصفحة 356 - 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 354 - 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 330 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
الصفحة 349 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.