The Constitutional and Political History of the United States, Volym 1Callaghan, 1879 |
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... positions , had been mentioned in connection with the presidency . But Jackson had not yet shown that he understood even the alphabet of the art of politics . Tennessee had , indeed , sent him to the house . of representatives during ...
... positions , had been mentioned in connection with the presidency . But Jackson had not yet shown that he understood even the alphabet of the art of politics . Tennessee had , indeed , sent him to the house . of representatives during ...
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... position of chief justice of the federal supreme court ; and the ablest men could often be moved to accept a renom- ination to congress only by the most urgent appeals of their friends . But when parties became more sharply defined ...
... position of chief justice of the federal supreme court ; and the ablest men could often be moved to accept a renom- ination to congress only by the most urgent appeals of their friends . But when parties became more sharply defined ...
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... positions had had a peculiar charm for the people . But it was only with the growing violence of independent party life that this inclination assumed a morbid cast , and it was only with advancing democratization that a definite class ...
... positions had had a peculiar charm for the people . But it was only with the growing violence of independent party life that this inclination assumed a morbid cast , and it was only with advancing democratization that a definite class ...
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... position of public officers will creep through the whole Union , and the most sordid and selfish passions will be kindled into activity to distort the conduct and misrepre- sent the feelings of men , whose places may become the price of ...
... position of public officers will creep through the whole Union , and the most sordid and selfish passions will be kindled into activity to distort the conduct and misrepre- sent the feelings of men , whose places may become the price of ...
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... position in the party than to his great share in Jackson's success . The most important member after him was Berrien , the attorney general . Yet his reputation as a jurist was not such that , had the old practice been in vogue , Wirt ...
... position in the party than to his great share in Jackson's success . The most important member after him was Berrien , the attorney general . Yet his reputation as a jurist was not such that , had the old practice been in vogue , Wirt ...
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Sida 429 - I AM the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.
Sida 64 - By the constitution of the United States, the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which, he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Sida 64 - In such cases, their acts are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which Executive discretion may be used, still there exists, and can exist, no power to control that discretion. The subjects are political; they respect the nation, not individual rights, and being intrusted to the Executive, the decision of the Executive is conclusive.
Sida 441 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation...
Sida 48 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects intrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Sida 49 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Sida 263 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Sida 50 - ... every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful...
Sida 254 - No Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall— (1) make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances...
Sida 245 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.