Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Band 1Little, Brown,, 1891 - 1550 Seiten |
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... confederacy by the name of the United Colonies of New England , and entered into a per- petual league of friendship and amity , for offence and defence , and mutual advice and succor . The charges of all wars , offen- sive and defensive ...
... confederacy by the name of the United Colonies of New England , and entered into a per- petual league of friendship and amity , for offence and defence , and mutual advice and succor . The charges of all wars , offen- sive and defensive ...
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... confederacy between them . The assem- bly of one Province could not make laws for another ; nor confer privileges , which were to be enjoyed or exercised in another , further than they could be in any independent foreign state . As ...
... confederacy between them . The assem- bly of one Province could not make laws for another ; nor confer privileges , which were to be enjoyed or exercised in another , further than they could be in any independent foreign state . As ...
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... Confederacy of 1643 , the tempo- rary Congress of 1690 , the plan of Union agreed upon in the Convention of 1754 , the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 , and fin- ally the Continental Congress of 1774 , were all the offspring of a desire ...
... Confederacy of 1643 , the tempo- rary Congress of 1690 , the plan of Union agreed upon in the Convention of 1754 , the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 , and fin- ally the Continental Congress of 1774 , were all the offspring of a desire ...
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... confederacy or congress , was an obstacle still more serious . The history of the Con- vention of 1754 is particularly instructive . See Mr. Everett upon its work , N. A. Rev. , Vol . XXXVIII . p . 73 , et seq . At last the colonies ...
... confederacy or congress , was an obstacle still more serious . The history of the Con- vention of 1754 is particularly instructive . See Mr. Everett upon its work , N. A. Rev. , Vol . XXXVIII . p . 73 , et seq . At last the colonies ...
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... confederacy of 1643 , and was the principal source of the controversies which arose to weaken its efficiency . Palfrey , Hist . of New Eng- land , II . 243 ; Bancroft , Hist . of U. S. , I. 420 ; Towle , Analysis of the Constitu- tion ...
... confederacy of 1643 , and was the principal source of the controversies which arose to weaken its efficiency . Palfrey , Hist . of New Eng- land , II . 243 ; Bancroft , Hist . of U. S. , I. 420 ; Towle , Analysis of the Constitu- tion ...
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Seite xl - Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws : and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or...
Seite 279 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Seite 774 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Seite 199 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Seite 755 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Seite 440 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol,...
Seite 321 - The powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people.' The government of the United States, therefore, can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution, and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Seite 771 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Seite 258 - Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Seite 172 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states...