The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and LiteratureRobert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 |
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... less infested with the evil of domestic slavery , and may cherish the hope of being , at no distant day , so far relieved at least , as to be for ever secure from that dreadful vicissitude which he seems to apprehend . He has himself ...
... less infested with the evil of domestic slavery , and may cherish the hope of being , at no distant day , so far relieved at least , as to be for ever secure from that dreadful vicissitude which he seems to apprehend . He has himself ...
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... less to be suspected and equal- ly imposing , in favour of the elevation and purity of our native character . We will not regret being reminded of the obligations we owe to the French nation of 1779. I say nation , because the French ...
... less to be suspected and equal- ly imposing , in favour of the elevation and purity of our native character . We will not regret being reminded of the obligations we owe to the French nation of 1779. I say nation , because the French ...
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... less well - informed or successfully speculative as to the theory of money - mak- ing every allowance for the intrinsic difficulty of the subject -than on almost any other topic of national concern . The two Houses afforded full ...
... less well - informed or successfully speculative as to the theory of money - mak- ing every allowance for the intrinsic difficulty of the subject -than on almost any other topic of national concern . The two Houses afforded full ...
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... less energetic , and more submissive . We have a wide and variable field of legislation , with comparatively meager experience as to the results of the application of general princi- ples ; a reason why we ought carefully to study their ...
... less energetic , and more submissive . We have a wide and variable field of legislation , with comparatively meager experience as to the results of the application of general princi- ples ; a reason why we ought carefully to study their ...
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... less , as to the national treasury , is of little consequence , in this case . Whatever credit we may allow to individuals in congress , for the port which they maintained on the question of the repeal of the law , it is impossible to ...
... less , as to the national treasury , is of little consequence , in this case . Whatever credit we may allow to individuals in congress , for the port which they maintained on the question of the repeal of the law , it is impossible to ...
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Seite iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Seite 349 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Seite 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Seite 349 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Seite 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Seite 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Seite 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Seite 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Seite 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.