Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events from 1811 to 1843Harper & Brothers, 1843 - 76 sidor |
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... character in that capacity , and to trace his emi- nent public services during a long career in one of the most eventful pe- riods of human history . To dwell on a character like his , distinguished by every trait that should win esteem ...
... character in that capacity , and to trace his emi- nent public services during a long career in one of the most eventful pe- riods of human history . To dwell on a character like his , distinguished by every trait that should win esteem ...
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... character of young Calhoun . His paternal and maternal family both being Whig , they were exposed not only to hostile Indian incursions , but also to Tory outrages . They main- tained their foothold on the soil despite the conflicts of ...
... character of young Calhoun . His paternal and maternal family both being Whig , they were exposed not only to hostile Indian incursions , but also to Tory outrages . They main- tained their foothold on the soil despite the conflicts of ...
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... character . It is not easy , at this day , to estimate the magnitude of the crisis . Our pres- ent government had its origin just preceding the commencement of the great Revolution in France , which , in its progress , involved her in a ...
... character . It is not easy , at this day , to estimate the magnitude of the crisis . Our pres- ent government had its origin just preceding the commencement of the great Revolution in France , which , in its progress , involved her in a ...
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... character , which led many to doubt what course of policy was really intended by the ad- ministration . The portion which related to our affairs with other powers was referred to the Committee of Foreign Relations . The excitement in ...
... character , which led many to doubt what course of policy was really intended by the ad- ministration . The portion which related to our affairs with other powers was referred to the Committee of Foreign Relations . The excitement in ...
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... character of our country . We are a people essen- tially active ; I may say we are pre - eminently so . No passive system can suit such a people ; in action superior to all others , in patient endurance inferior to none . Nor does it ...
... character of our country . We are a people essen- tially active ; I may say we are pre - eminently so . No passive system can suit such a people ; in action superior to all others , in patient endurance inferior to none . Nor does it ...
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Sida 39 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Sida 45 - That to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party: That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Sida 39 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Sida 37 - To avoid these evils it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation, and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Sida 42 - That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
Sida 63 - States of this Union, composes an important part of their domestic institutions, inherited from their ancestors, and existing at the adoption of the Constitution...
Sida 63 - Resolved, That this Government was instituted and adopted by the several states of this Union as a common agent, in order to carry into effect the powers which they had delegated by the Constitution for their mutual security and prosperity . and that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this Government is bound...