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... argument now that the Post Office ought to be called on to make a re- which he advanced last session ; that the revenue of the duction equal to the Government postage . Post Office would not sustain the department without aid from the ...
... argument now that the Post Office ought to be called on to make a re- which he advanced last session ; that the revenue of the duction equal to the Government postage . Post Office would not sustain the department without aid from the ...
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... argument on which the gentleman from Coming to Congress , at the present session , with feel- Tennessee rested his opposition to any reduction was to ings deeply impressed by the present condition of the him , ( Mr. F. ) a strong argument ...
... argument on which the gentleman from Coming to Congress , at the present session , with feel- Tennessee rested his opposition to any reduction was to ings deeply impressed by the present condition of the him , ( Mr. F. ) a strong argument ...
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... argument of this character . Mr. GRUNDY expressed a perfect willingness that the Whatever the resolution should at once be acted on . Senator from Maine might wish , as to the effect of the reduction , every step taken in the business ...
... argument of this character . Mr. GRUNDY expressed a perfect willingness that the Whatever the resolution should at once be acted on . Senator from Maine might wish , as to the effect of the reduction , every step taken in the business ...
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... argument ? The object of the resolution was to ascer- tolerable quantity to himself . I make no charge , but tain the amount of the expenditures on account of the merely point to the conclusion . It is a general maxim , mail in each ...
... argument ? The object of the resolution was to ascer- tolerable quantity to himself . I make no charge , but tain the amount of the expenditures on account of the merely point to the conclusion . It is a general maxim , mail in each ...
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... argument . Its friends have been ism of the people ; but he was not disposed to throw an charged with an almo t treasonable conspiracy to keep additional firebrand to destroy the harmony of the coun- on the tariff , and to continue the ...
... argument . Its friends have been ism of the people ; but he was not disposed to throw an charged with an almo t treasonable conspiracy to keep additional firebrand to destroy the harmony of the coun- on the tariff , and to continue the ...
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Seite 273 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, 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 pretence whatever.
Seite 623 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Seite 271 - States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Seite 297 - In the compound Republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.
Seite 299 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 325 - The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived by the State governments. The Constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties.
Seite 285 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for...
Seite 393 - ... that all acts of the United States in Congress, made by virtue and in pursuance of the powers hereby, and by the Articles of Confederation, vested in them, and all treaties made and ratified under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the respective States, so far forth as those acts or treaties shall relate to the said States or their citizens ; and that the Judiciary of the several States shall be bound thereby in their decisions, any thing in the respective laws of...
Seite 605 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 273 - That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and...