A Brief Enquiry Into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesJ. Campbell, 1863 - 150 Seiten |
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... executive to issue letters of marque and reprisal . These instances are selected out of many , as sufficient to show that in the conduct of war congress possessed no " exclusive " power , and that the colonies ( or States ) retained ...
... executive to issue letters of marque and reprisal . These instances are selected out of many , as sufficient to show that in the conduct of war congress possessed no " exclusive " power , and that the colonies ( or States ) retained ...
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... executive head . The States alone , as to all the more important operations of the govern- ment , were relied on to execute the resolves of congress . In all this , and in other features of the confederation which it is un- necessary to ...
... executive head . The States alone , as to all the more important operations of the govern- ment , were relied on to execute the resolves of congress . In all this , and in other features of the confederation which it is un- necessary to ...
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... executive of such State . In all this , there is not one feature of nationality . The whole arrangement has reference to the States as such , and is car- ried into effect solely by their authority . The federal government has no agency ...
... executive of such State . In all this , there is not one feature of nationality . The whole arrangement has reference to the States as such , and is car- ried into effect solely by their authority . The federal government has no agency ...
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... Executive . - In the election of the president and vice president , the exclusive agency of the States , as such , is pre- served with equal distinctness . These officers are chosen by electors , who are themselves chosen by the people ...
... Executive . - In the election of the president and vice president , the exclusive agency of the States , as such , is pre- served with equal distinctness . These officers are chosen by electors , who are themselves chosen by the people ...
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... executive . " The people of the United States " are equally unseen in that impor- tant measure . Neither a majority , nor the whole of them together , can choose a president , except in their character of citizens of the several States ...
... executive . " The people of the United States " are equally unseen in that impor- tant measure . Neither a majority , nor the whole of them together , can choose a president , except in their character of citizens of the several States ...
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Seite 52 - 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.
Seite 19 - Agreement, faithfully adhered to, will prove the most speedy, effectual, and peaceable measure ; and, therefore, we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several Colonies, whom we represent, firmly agree and associate, under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, as follows : First.
Seite 49 - May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia 2 for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...
Seite 7 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain.
Seite 37 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 47 - We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution, for the government of ourselves and our posterity.
Seite 95 - That every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the Constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Seite 47 - It was moved and seconded to appoint a committee of five, to revise the style of, and arrange the articles agreed to, by the house ; which passed in the affirmative.
Seite 22 - Friends, Countrymen, and Brethren — « By these, and by every other appellation that may designate the ties which bind us to each other, we entreat your serious attention to this our second attempt to prevent their dissolution.
Seite 16 - Continent, to consult together on the present Circumstances of the Colonies, and the Difficulties to which they are and must be reduced, by the Operation of the Acts of Parliament...