| Whitelaw Reid - 1910 - 306 Seiten
...' I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, when it is found necessary,' he said, ' than to assume it by a construction which would make...possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it n blank paper by construction.' But in the same breath with which he urged his scruple he declared... | |
| Westel Woodbury Willoughby - 1910 - 1170 Seiten
...dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise. I had rather risk enlargement of power from the nation where it is found...necessary than to assume it by a construction which makes our powers boundless." " For other declarations of Jefferson upon this point, and a review of... | |
| Whitelaw Reid - 1912 - 56 Seiten
...' I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, when it is found necessary,' he said, ' than to assume it by a construction which would make...Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.' But in the same breath with which he urged his scruple he declared his readiness to abandon it. ' If... | |
| Whitelaw Reid - 1913 - 364 Seiten
...' I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, when it is found necessary,' he said, ' than to assume it by a construction which would make...Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." But in the same breath with which he urged his scrupie he declared his readiness to abandon it. 'If... | |
| Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 464 Seiten
...the case of your construction. * * * I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, when it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our power boundless. Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written constitution. Let us not make... | |
| Charles Warren - 1922 - 578 Seiten
...regarding the annexation of Louisiana: "I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the Nation, when it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction...not make it a blank paper by construction. . . . I think it important in the present case to set an example against broad construction by appealing for... | |
| 1928 - 508 Seiten
...a theory. He wrote the following : "I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the Nation, when it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction...make our powers boundless. Our peculiar security is the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. ... I think... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1955 - 1080 Seiten
...Cnrtiss-Wriglit,' when he stated that the power M Hearings, p. 03R. « The Federalist. Xo. 83 I Hamilton I. 61 "Our peculiar security Is In the possession of a written constitution. Let us nut make It a blank paper by constructions. I say the same us to the opinion of those who ron«ld»thc... | |
| |