A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White: Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Member of the Senate of the United States, Etc. Etc. With Selections from His Speeches and CorrespondenceNancy N. Scott |
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Page 182 - That the President, In the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and powers not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but In derogation of both:** And whereas, upon the question whether said resolution
Page 210 - for, or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of In bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American army, shall be considered as a " common fund** for the use and benefit of such of the United States as hare become, or
Page 422 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth.
Page 292 - that have brought the patronage of the federal government into conflict with the freedom of elections, and the counteraction of those causes which have disturbed the rightful course of appointment, and have placed, or continued power in unfaithful or incompetent hands.
Page 207 - with those which this experience tells us will certainly arise, whenever power over such subjects may be exercised by the general government, It Is hoped that It may lead to the adoption of some plan, which will reconcile the diversified Interests of the States, and strengthen the bonds which unite them. Every member of
Page 207 - After the extinction of the public debt It Is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff, upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union, will, until a remote period, If ever, leave the government without a considerable surplus In the treasury, beyond what may be necessary for
Page 208 - the legislative councils. To avoid these evils. It appears to me that the most safe, just and federal disposition, which could be made of the surplus revenue, would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of
Page 192 - That the President, In the late executive proceeding! In relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and powers not conferred by the Constitution and
Page 163 - shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States, to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any State, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as