Eighty Years of Republican Government in the United StatesJohn Murray, 1868 - 288 Seiten |
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... Senate ; the Senate is chosen by the local Legislature of each State , which in its turn is elected by the people ; and thus , although the people are the primary source of power , they have only a broken and indirect influence in the ...
... Senate ; the Senate is chosen by the local Legislature of each State , which in its turn is elected by the people ; and thus , although the people are the primary source of power , they have only a broken and indirect influence in the ...
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... Senate , through their local Legislatures , until he can no longer use his veto 4 Each Congress sits for three sessions ( formerly two ) , which extend over two years . The elections for the ensuing Congress take place , in the majority ...
... Senate , through their local Legislatures , until he can no longer use his veto 4 Each Congress sits for three sessions ( formerly two ) , which extend over two years . The elections for the ensuing Congress take place , in the majority ...
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... Senate , said " We , sir , who oppose the Carolina doctrine do not deny that the people may , if they choose , throw off any government when it becomes oppressive and intolerable , and erect a better in its stead . " It is useless to ...
... Senate , said " We , sir , who oppose the Carolina doctrine do not deny that the people may , if they choose , throw off any government when it becomes oppressive and intolerable , and erect a better in its stead . " It is useless to ...
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... Senate . The blow aimed at the members must give a fatal wound to the head , and the destruction of the States must be at once a political suicide . " The State go- vernments can never be invaded , was the cry with which Madison and his ...
... Senate . The blow aimed at the members must give a fatal wound to the head , and the destruction of the States must be at once a political suicide . " The State go- vernments can never be invaded , was the cry with which Madison and his ...
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... power to remove public officers was vested by the Constitu- tion has never been properly decided . If the Senate , it was argued by some , could alone confirm and perfect appointments , so that body alone could put a.
... power to remove public officers was vested by the Constitu- tion has never been properly decided . If the Senate , it was argued by some , could alone confirm and perfect appointments , so that body alone could put a.
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Seite 16 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Seite 220 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life — not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always.
Seite 191 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Seite 20 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 3 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 78 - It is agreed on all sides, that the powers properly belonging to one of the departments ought not to be directly and completely administered by either of the other departments. It is equally evident, that none of them ought to possess, directly or indirectly, an overruling influence over the others, in the administration of their respective powers.
Seite 169 - I do not hesitate to say that the road to eminence and power, from obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing too much of course. If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things, it ought to pass through some sort of probation.
Seite 19 - Friends and Contemporaries of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon, illustrative of Portraits in his Gallery. "With a Descriptive Account of the Pictures, and Origin of the Collection.
Seite 190 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Seite 161 - Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.