Great Speeches by Great Lawyers: A Collection of Arguments and Speeches Before Courts and Juries by Eminent Lawyers ; with Introductory Notes, Analyses, EtcBaker, Voorhis and Company, 1901 - 748 sidor |
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... England , by withdrawing her protec- tion , destroyed title in all property . 13. The issuing of paper money by the col- onies compelled by necessity . 14. Contracts dissolved without the consent of the king of Great Britain . 15 ...
... England , by withdrawing her protec- tion , destroyed title in all property . 13. The issuing of paper money by the col- onies compelled by necessity . 14. Contracts dissolved without the consent of the king of Great Britain . 15 ...
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... England . Victori- ous and successful as their nation had lately been , when they , in their pride and inconsiderate self - confidence , stretched out the hand of oppression , their subjects placed no reliance on the cus- toms of ...
... England . Victori- ous and successful as their nation had lately been , when they , in their pride and inconsiderate self - confidence , stretched out the hand of oppression , their subjects placed no reliance on the cus- toms of ...
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... England sat judge upon our case . He pronounced his judgment ; not like those to whom poetic fancy has given existence ; not like him who sits in the infernal regions and dooms to the Stygian lake those spirits who deserve it , because ...
... England sat judge upon our case . He pronounced his judgment ; not like those to whom poetic fancy has given existence ; not like him who sits in the infernal regions and dooms to the Stygian lake those spirits who deserve it , because ...
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... ENGLAND , BY WITHDRAWING HER PROTECTION , DESTROYED TITLE IN ALL PROPERTY . Describe the nature of a debt : it is an engagement or promise to pay , but it must be for a valuable consideration . If this be clear , was not the title to ...
... ENGLAND , BY WITHDRAWING HER PROTECTION , DESTROYED TITLE IN ALL PROPERTY . Describe the nature of a debt : it is an engagement or promise to pay , but it must be for a valuable consideration . If this be clear , was not the title to ...
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... England to find the very individual who did you the outrage , and demand satisfaction of him ? To tell you of such a remedy as this , is adding insult to injury . Every individual is chargeable with national offenses . Mr. Henry cited ...
... England to find the very individual who did you the outrage , and demand satisfaction of him ? To tell you of such a remedy as this , is adding insult to injury . Every individual is chargeable with national offenses . Mr. Henry cited ...
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Great Speeches by Great Lawyers : a Collection of Arguments and Speeches ... Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1885 |
Great Speeches by Great Lawyers: A Collection of Arguments and Speeches ... William Lamartine Snyder Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1881 |
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Sida 520 - That law, as re-enacted, after declaring that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance,...
Sida 444 - ... intended to endure for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Sida 444 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Sida x - Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Sida 537 - In equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of Interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Sida 551 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty; who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Sida 551 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Sida 444 - to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to carry into execution" the powers of the government.
Sida 528 - And the powers of the General Government, and of the State, although both exist and are exercised within the same territorial limits, are yet separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres.
Sida 726 - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.