Parties and Their Principles: A Manual of Political Intelligence, Exhibiting the Origin, Growth, and Character of National Parties |
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... meet similar expenses in the future . In April , 1770 , the duties on all articles embraced in the Act of 1768 , save those on tea , were removed . The colonists could not be appeased by any half measures , and their opposition to ...
... meet similar expenses in the future . In April , 1770 , the duties on all articles embraced in the Act of 1768 , save those on tea , were removed . The colonists could not be appeased by any half measures , and their opposition to ...
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... meet again on the first Monday of January , 1790 . General Washington filled his Cabinet by the appoint- ment of Mr. Jefferson , Secretary of State ; Mr. Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr. Knox , Secretary of War ; and Mr ...
... meet again on the first Monday of January , 1790 . General Washington filled his Cabinet by the appoint- ment of Mr. Jefferson , Secretary of State ; Mr. Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr. Knox , Secretary of War ; and Mr ...
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... meet his own idea of what would constitute the best form of government . The limits prescribed for this work will not permit a lengthy investigation of the charges then and subsequent- ly , freely made of a monarchical tendency on the ...
... meet his own idea of what would constitute the best form of government . The limits prescribed for this work will not permit a lengthy investigation of the charges then and subsequent- ly , freely made of a monarchical tendency on the ...
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... meet an opposi- tion as vindictive and unrelenting as that which had for- merly resisted the establishment of the financial system of the government . The relations formerly sustained by this country with France and England , rendered ...
... meet an opposi- tion as vindictive and unrelenting as that which had for- merly resisted the establishment of the financial system of the government . The relations formerly sustained by this country with France and England , rendered ...
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... meet and confer with delegates from the other New England States , or any other , upon the subject of their public grievances and con- cerns ; and upon the best means of preserving our re sources of defence against the enemy , & c . " A ...
... meet and confer with delegates from the other New England States , or any other , upon the subject of their public grievances and con- cerns ; and upon the best means of preserving our re sources of defence against the enemy , & c . " A ...
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Page 323 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page 332 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion ; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the...
Page 355 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Page 346 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defense and welfare of the United States...
Page 304 - SO far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 331 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 355 - ... an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 348 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.
Page 350 - ... to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department; and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings, every six months, to the secretary of Congress.
Page 345 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated '' A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...