The Science of Government in Connection with American InstitutionsSheldon & Company, 1869 - 295 Seiten |
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... Congress . - House of Representatives , .. PAGE 70 CHAPTER IX . 77 CHAPTER X. 85 CHAPTER XI . The Senate ,. 96 CHAPTER XII . Powers of Congress ,. 115 CHAPTER XIII . Prohibitions on Congress and the States , .. 138 CHAPTER XIV . The ...
... Congress . - House of Representatives , .. PAGE 70 CHAPTER IX . 77 CHAPTER X. 85 CHAPTER XI . The Senate ,. 96 CHAPTER XII . Powers of Congress ,. 115 CHAPTER XIII . Prohibitions on Congress and the States , .. 138 CHAPTER XIV . The ...
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... better than anarchy ; that is , the worst kind of government is better than no government . Anarchy is always followed by military despotism . CHAPTER V. COLONIAI . GOVERNMENTS - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - REVOLU 84 THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT .
... better than anarchy ; that is , the worst kind of government is better than no government . Anarchy is always followed by military despotism . CHAPTER V. COLONIAI . GOVERNMENTS - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - REVOLU 84 THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT .
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Joseph Alden. CHAPTER V. COLONIAI . GOVERNMENTS - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - REVOLU TIONARY GOVERNMENT . THE Colonial governments had a powerful influence in educating the American people for self ... Congress -Revolutionary Government,
Joseph Alden. CHAPTER V. COLONIAI . GOVERNMENTS - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - REVOLU TIONARY GOVERNMENT . THE Colonial governments had a powerful influence in educating the American people for self ... Congress -Revolutionary Government,
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... congress met in Phila delphia Sept. 4 , 1774. In this congress a rule was adopted which was adhered to till the adoption of the Federal Constitution . The rule gave to each colony one vote on questions coming before congress . This ...
... congress met in Phila delphia Sept. 4 , 1774. In this congress a rule was adopted which was adhered to till the adoption of the Federal Constitution . The rule gave to each colony one vote on questions coming before congress . This ...
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... Congress for the most part were in the form of recommendations , yet they had all the authority of laws . This government by the Continental Congress has been called the Revolutionary government , in distinc- tion from the government of ...
... Congress for the most part were in the form of recommendations , yet they had all the authority of laws . This government by the Continental Congress has been called the Revolutionary government , in distinc- tion from the government of ...
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Seite 255 - 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 States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Seite 255 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Seite 65 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? "We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 248 - Person. (2.) The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (3.) No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (4.) No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or ^Enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Seite 247 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Seite 47 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State, within its own limits, be not infringed or violated...
Seite 248 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title,...
Seite 243 - 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.
Seite 246 - States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Seite 55 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.