The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished CharactersB. Marsh, 1844 - 564 من الصفحات |
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... Seats of Government , and Times of holding Elections ,. Dates of the first Settlement of the several Colonies , Adoption of the first State Constitutions ,. Expenditure upon Works of Internal Improvement , Navy - Yards in the United ...
... Seats of Government , and Times of holding Elections ,. Dates of the first Settlement of the several Colonies , Adoption of the first State Constitutions ,. Expenditure upon Works of Internal Improvement , Navy - Yards in the United ...
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... seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year , of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year , and the third class at the expiration of the sixth year , so that one third may ...
... seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year , of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year , and the third class at the expiration of the sixth year , so that one third may ...
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... 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 , dock ...
... 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 , dock ...
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... seat of government of the United States , directed to the President of the Senate . The President of the Senate shall , in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives , open all the certificates , and the votes shall then be ...
... seat of government of the United States , directed to the President of the Senate . The President of the Senate shall , in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives , open all the certificates , and the votes shall then be ...
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... seat of government to the frontier in a single day , it was then certainly foreseen , by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it , that it could not be durable . Negligence of its regulations , inattention to its recom ...
... seat of government to the frontier in a single day , it was then certainly foreseen , by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it , that it could not be durable . Negligence of its regulations , inattention to its recom ...
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الصفحة 13 - ... 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 49 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
الصفحة 27 - 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 65 - 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 19 - 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 37 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
الصفحة 45 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
الصفحة 42 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
الصفحة 24 - Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
الصفحة 14 - 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.