The Story of the Constitution of the United StatesWessels & Bissell Company, 1905 - 284 Seiten |
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... barons , the gentry , the burghers , the yeomanry , and all the freemen of the realm , at an epoch which we have a right to consider the commencement of our nation- ality , and in the statute entitled Confirmatio Cartarum which is to be ...
... barons , the gentry , the burghers , the yeomanry , and all the freemen of the realm , at an epoch which we have a right to consider the commencement of our nation- ality , and in the statute entitled Confirmatio Cartarum which is to be ...
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... barons , made in it . " The " freedom of the church " guaranteed in this charter must not be confounded with religious liberty . It merely means that the benefices and property of the church shall be under the control of its prelates ...
... barons , made in it . " The " freedom of the church " guaranteed in this charter must not be confounded with religious liberty . It merely means that the benefices and property of the church shall be under the control of its prelates ...
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... barons now despised their King and refused to renew their allegiance to him except on condition of thorough reforms . They made actual war upon him , capturing his castles and destroying his parks , and would probably have assassinated ...
... barons now despised their King and refused to renew their allegiance to him except on condition of thorough reforms . They made actual war upon him , capturing his castles and destroying his parks , and would probably have assassinated ...
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... barons and their followers appeared at Stamford and refused to permit any further delay . The Earl of Pembroke and Arch- bishop Langton , in John's behalf , met the barons and drew up a charter , which was presented to the King . It did ...
... barons and their followers appeared at Stamford and refused to permit any further delay . The Earl of Pembroke and Arch- bishop Langton , in John's behalf , met the barons and drew up a charter , which was presented to the King . It did ...
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... barons , armed and encamped , presented another charter , not essentially different from the first , but amplified ; and this , finding himself helpless , John signed . He also signed an agreement that the barons should hold the city ...
... barons , armed and encamped , presented another charter , not essentially different from the first , but amplified ; and this , finding himself helpless , John signed . He also signed an agreement that the barons should hold the city ...
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Seite 252 - Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided, that no person be allowed to serve In the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and...
Seite 249 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Seite 142 - Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Seite 244 - 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 262 - ... employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Seite 149 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 27 - States; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in congress assembled: but if the United States in congress assembled, shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any state should not raise men or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Seite 203 - What constitutes a state? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : MEN, high-minded MEN...
Seite 278 - I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism ; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.
Seite 149 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...