The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789-1841; with Their Farewell Addresses, and Illustrated with the Portraits of Each of the Presidents. To which is Annexed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States ... Also, the Constitutions of Many of the Most Important States in the UnionJonathan French Daniel Richardson, 1841 - 458 pages |
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Page 37
... vote , and that can be procured by a party , through artifice or corruption , the government may be the choice of a party , for its own ends , not of the nation for the national good . If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by ...
... vote , and that can be procured by a party , through artifice or corruption , the government may be the choice of a party , for its own ends , not of the nation for the national good . If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by ...
Page 134
... voting by states , the choice is to be made by twenty - four votes ; and it may often occur , that one of those will be controlled by an individual representative . Honors and offices are at the disposal of the successful candidate ...
... voting by states , the choice is to be made by twenty - four votes ; and it may often occur , that one of those will be controlled by an individual representative . Honors and offices are at the disposal of the successful candidate ...
Page 226
... vote of two - thirds of both Houses of Congress . The negative upon the acts of the legislature , by the Executive autho- rity , and that in the hands of one individual , would seem to be an incongruity in our system . Like some others ...
... vote of two - thirds of both Houses of Congress . The negative upon the acts of the legislature , by the Executive autho- rity , and that in the hands of one individual , would seem to be an incongruity in our system . Like some others ...
Page 231
... votes , and their own independence secured by an assurance of perfect immunity , in exercising this sacred privilege of freemen under the dictates of their own unbiassed judgments . Never , with my con- sent , shall an officer of the ...
... votes , and their own independence secured by an assurance of perfect immunity , in exercising this sacred privilege of freemen under the dictates of their own unbiassed judgments . Never , with my con- sent , shall an officer of the ...
Page 240
... assembled in the forum , not as in the days of Camillus and the Scipios , to cast their free votes for annual magistrates , or pass upon the acts of the Senate , but to receive from the hands of the 240 THE TRUE REPUBLICAN .
... assembled in the forum , not as in the days of Camillus and the Scipios , to cast their free votes for annual magistrates , or pass upon the acts of the Senate , but to receive from the hands of the 240 THE TRUE REPUBLICAN .
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