Scrap Book on Law and Politics, Men and TimesA.W. Elder, 1855 - 404 Seiten A collection of speeches by the author. |
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... contract , the our mere whim or pleasure ; when we wish to literal meaning of which is doubtful , is it not know what right or power we have thereby construed by the rules we have mentioned ? delegated , and what retained , we must ...
... contract , the our mere whim or pleasure ; when we wish to literal meaning of which is doubtful , is it not know what right or power we have thereby construed by the rules we have mentioned ? delegated , and what retained , we must ...
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... contract the other , nor nerve the been granted since the debt became due . one and steel the other against the common in- Members had been elected to the legislature , terests . He would repeat , that he did not be- with instructions ...
... contract the other , nor nerve the been granted since the debt became due . one and steel the other against the common in- Members had been elected to the legislature , terests . He would repeat , that he did not be- with instructions ...
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... contract debts which they could not pay ; it had depreciated the Western paper currency , and had tended to augment and vitiate that currency . Could any one fail to see its operation in producing these effects ? He would ask his ...
... contract debts which they could not pay ; it had depreciated the Western paper currency , and had tended to augment and vitiate that currency . Could any one fail to see its operation in producing these effects ? He would ask his ...
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... contracts , " and also with that of the constitution of Kentucky which forbids any legislative act " impairing contracts . " A majority of the people of Kentucky , desiring legislative relief , either because they were in debt or ...
... contracts , " and also with that of the constitution of Kentucky which forbids any legislative act " impairing contracts . " A majority of the people of Kentucky , desiring legislative relief , either because they were in debt or ...
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... contracts , " and what is " impairing " that obligation . Al- though there seemed to be a great diversity of opinion in relation to what is the obligation of a contract , yet he thought it strange that no one of those who denied the ...
... contracts , " and what is " impairing " that obligation . Al- though there seemed to be a great diversity of opinion in relation to what is the obligation of a contract , yet he thought it strange that no one of those who denied the ...
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Seite 126 - Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that the power of the people is superior to both, and that where the will of the legislature, declared in its statutes, stands in opposition to that of the people, declared in the Constitution, the judges ought to be governed by the latter rather than the former. They ought to regulate their decisions by the fundamental laws rather than by those which are not fundamental.
Seite 134 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Seite 83 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Seite 126 - It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity, ought of course to be preferred; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Seite 132 - Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void.
Seite 132 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Seite 252 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Seite 131 - As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several...
Seite 83 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest, both the public good and the rights of other citizens.
Seite 58 - But in a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited both in the extent and the duration of its power; and where the legislative power is exercised by an assembly, which is inspired by a supposed influence over the people with an intrepid confidence in its own strength; which is sufficiently numerous to feel all the passions which actuate a multitude; yet not so numerous as to be incapable of pursuing the objects of its passions by means which reason prescribes; it...