The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 18Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... legislation proposed in molding the order of things under the new constitution , and judi- ciously participating in debate . His style was less assured and vehement than afterwards ; but nevertheless ready and pointed . Though plainly ...
... legislation proposed in molding the order of things under the new constitution , and judi- ciously participating in debate . His style was less assured and vehement than afterwards ; but nevertheless ready and pointed . Though plainly ...
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... legislative service at this session gave evidence of enlarged information on questions meriting public attention , and of ... legislation had begotten confidence in his capacity . He was thoroughly informed upon the current questions and ...
... legislative service at this session gave evidence of enlarged information on questions meriting public attention , and of ... legislation had begotten confidence in his capacity . He was thoroughly informed upon the current questions and ...
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... legislation , proper . to be wielded by the Chief Magistrate as the representative of the whole people . Perhaps the most glowing dream of his ambition did not forecast the era twenty years later , when he should boldly exercise it in ...
... legislation , proper . to be wielded by the Chief Magistrate as the representative of the whole people . Perhaps the most glowing dream of his ambition did not forecast the era twenty years later , when he should boldly exercise it in ...
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... legislation without the consent of the people in cre- ating State debts ; opposed the banking system of the State ; and asserted that banks which could not furnish the community with gold and silver currency from five dollars down were ...
... legislation without the consent of the people in cre- ating State debts ; opposed the banking system of the State ; and asserted that banks which could not furnish the community with gold and silver currency from five dollars down were ...
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... legislation of the country ! All , or nearly all , of our legislation is for corporations , for monopolies , for classes , and individuals ; but the great mass , who produce while we consume , are little cared for ; their rights and ...
... legislation of the country ! All , or nearly all , of our legislation is for corporations , for monopolies , for classes , and individuals ; but the great mass , who produce while we consume , are little cared for ; their rights and ...
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Page 466 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 246 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Page 472 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 372 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 264 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 258 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 469 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 278 - Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby appoint William W. Holden provisional governor of the State of North Carolina...
Page 277 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 324 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.