The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay: with an Appendix, Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; Also, the Original Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments Made Thereto |
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... ministers , says Sir William Temple , who was himself a foreign minister , elude matters taken ad referen- dum , by ... public safety . Whether the usurpation , when once begun , will stop at the salutary point , or go forward to ...
... ministers , says Sir William Temple , who was himself a foreign minister , elude matters taken ad referen- dum , by ... public safety . Whether the usurpation , when once begun , will stop at the salutary point , or go forward to ...
Page 261
... public ministers , and consuls ; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas , and offences against the law of nations ; to regulate foreign commerce , including a power to prohibit , after the year 1808 , the ...
... public ministers , and consuls ; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas , and offences against the law of nations ; to regulate foreign commerce , including a power to prohibit , after the year 1808 , the ...
Page 262
... public ministers and consuls , " is expressly and very properly added to the former provision con- cerning ambassadors . The term ambassador , if taken strictly , as seems to be required by the second of the articles of confederation ...
... public ministers and consuls , " is expressly and very properly added to the former provision con- cerning ambassadors . The term ambassador , if taken strictly , as seems to be required by the second of the articles of confederation ...
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... ministers , it is fair to argue , that , as an assembly of select electors possess , in a greater degree than kings ... public mind . They who wish to commit the power under con- sideration to a popular assembly , composed of ...
... ministers , it is fair to argue , that , as an assembly of select electors possess , in a greater degree than kings ... public mind . They who wish to commit the power under con- sideration to a popular assembly , composed of ...
Page 434
... minister ; though it were merely to take the place of a departed predecessor . The president is to nominate , and with the advice and consent of the senate , to appoint ambassadors and other public ministers , judges of the supreme ...
... minister ; though it were merely to take the place of a departed predecessor . The president is to nominate , and with the advice and consent of the senate , to appoint ambassadors and other public ministers , judges of the supreme ...
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Page 539 - States, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants, or either of them, being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different States.
Page 542 - And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.
Page 537 - ... the United States in congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States, within the time agreed upon by the United States in congress assembled.
Page 534 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties,...
Page 536 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies...
Page 3 - It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
Page 46 - The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.
Page 534 - If any person, guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 540 - States and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses, to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted, to build and equip a navy, to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each...
Page 534 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind. Each State shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the States, and while they act as members of the committee of the States.