Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828]E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832 - 367 Seiten |
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... union . The same masculine intelligence and comprehensive grasp of mind , which originally gained for him professional distinction , enabled him at once on his entrance on a new sphere of action , to reach a high and proud eminence ...
... union . The same masculine intelligence and comprehensive grasp of mind , which originally gained for him professional distinction , enabled him at once on his entrance on a new sphere of action , to reach a high and proud eminence ...
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... union , few in numbers , feeble in means , are become in a lapse of fifty years , a nation of twenty - four states , bound together by a common govern- ment of their own choice , with a territory doubled by peaceful acquisition , with ...
... union , few in numbers , feeble in means , are become in a lapse of fifty years , a nation of twenty - four states , bound together by a common govern- ment of their own choice , with a territory doubled by peaceful acquisition , with ...
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... union , assigning to cases of national jurisdiction their ap- propriate forum . It is subordinate to , and in execution of the former . 66 There can be no doubt , that under this article all cases arising under treaties " are cases ...
... union , assigning to cases of national jurisdiction their ap- propriate forum . It is subordinate to , and in execution of the former . 66 There can be no doubt , that under this article all cases arising under treaties " are cases ...
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John Sergeant. that a state , that is , a state of this union , is a party . . It matters not who may be the other party . The dignity of a ... union " by citizens of another state , or by citizens or subjects of a foreign state . " It is 74.
John Sergeant. that a state , that is , a state of this union , is a party . . It matters not who may be the other party . The dignity of a ... union " by citizens of another state , or by citizens or subjects of a foreign state . " It is 74.
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... union is the other party , or where two states are parties . Co- hens vs. Virginia , 6 Wheat . 264 . It has ... union . A " state " is a party . The juris- diction , then , among the courts of the union , belongs to the supreme court ...
... union is the other party , or where two states are parties . Co- hens vs. Virginia , 6 Wheat . 264 . It has ... union . A " state " is a party . The juris- diction , then , among the courts of the union , belongs to the supreme court ...
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Seite 83 - 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 23 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Seite 193 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Seite 232 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Seite 244 - Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen.
Seite 97 - This clause enables the judicial department to receive jurisdiction to the full extent of the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States, when any question respecting them shall assume such a form that the judicial power is capable of acting on it. That power is capable of acting only when the subject is submitted to it by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law. It then becomes a case, and the constitution declares that the judicial power shall extend to all cases...
Seite 29 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...
Seite 185 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 188 - We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage...
Seite 193 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...