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... President Jefferson , and in which many pencil marks and notes of the latter are found . It will interest many of my readers to hear that this relic has not perished in the fire which consumed the greater portion of the library . 2 Mr ...
... President Jefferson , and in which many pencil marks and notes of the latter are found . It will interest many of my readers to hear that this relic has not perished in the fire which consumed the greater portion of the library . 2 Mr ...
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... presidents , and writers on national affairs , that things are equally bad or worse with others . Right and truth , wrong and falsehood remain forever what they are ; and Mr. Webster pointedly said at the time of repudiation , in the ...
... presidents , and writers on national affairs , that things are equally bad or worse with others . Right and truth , wrong and falsehood remain forever what they are ; and Mr. Webster pointedly said at the time of repudiation , in the ...
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... president alone , but by congress only , need hardly be mentioned . It has been necessary to mention here the supremacy of the law as a peculiar guarantee of personal liberty . We shall return to the subject , and consider it in its ...
... president alone , but by congress only , need hardly be mentioned . It has been necessary to mention here the supremacy of the law as a peculiar guarantee of personal liberty . We shall return to the subject , and consider it in its ...
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... president or the king should have ordered it , or the offending person should be a soldier obeying his commander . It is a stern law , but it is a sacred principle , a strict government of law cannot dis- pense with it , and it has ...
... president or the king should have ordered it , or the offending person should be a soldier obeying his commander . It is a stern law , but it is a sacred principle , a strict government of law cannot dis- pense with it , and it has ...
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... ple in the sixth article of the Bill of Rights , which runs thus : A stand- ing army , without the consent of parliament , is against law . The Constitution of the United States makes the president , ON CIVIL LIBERTY . 117.
... ple in the sixth article of the Bill of Rights , which runs thus : A stand- ing army , without the consent of parliament , is against law . The Constitution of the United States makes the president , ON CIVIL LIBERTY . 117.
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Page 516 - ... office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated...
Page 519 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the Legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 502 - Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging to hold the crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to them, the said prince and princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them. And that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be onely in and executed by the said Prince of Orange...
Page 513 - States in Congress assembled, with any king, prince or State, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain. No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only...
Page 510 - 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.
Page 479 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 529 - United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good...
Page 507 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 521 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Page 502 - And They do claim, demand, and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties; And that no Declarations, Judgments, Doings, or Proceedings, to the Prejudice of the People in any of the said Premisses, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.