The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... person fit for the office , but as the best for the purposes of the party . And here another rule comes into force with disastrous effect . If , as with us , the nominee who commanded the largest number of votes carried the day , then ...
... person fit for the office , but as the best for the purposes of the party . And here another rule comes into force with disastrous effect . If , as with us , the nominee who commanded the largest number of votes carried the day , then ...
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... person of whom the great majority never heard before ? It arises in chief from the excessive magnitude , and conflicting interests , of the Union , - from the dispersion of the people over a space so vast that necessity enforces a ...
... person of whom the great majority never heard before ? It arises in chief from the excessive magnitude , and conflicting interests , of the Union , - from the dispersion of the people over a space so vast that necessity enforces a ...
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... persons appointed to offices for which they are manifestly unsuited . In any other country the whole machinery of government would be clogged , and become unmanageable . In America , the natural quickness , and peculiar adaptability to ...
... persons appointed to offices for which they are manifestly unsuited . In any other country the whole machinery of government would be clogged , and become unmanageable . In America , the natural quickness , and peculiar adaptability to ...
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... persons who openly make legislation their busi- ness , and live upon the income it provides . It may indeed be said , theoretically , that we are as much bound to pay men for making laws , as for making shoes . But experience tells us ...
... persons who openly make legislation their busi- ness , and live upon the income it provides . It may indeed be said , theoretically , that we are as much bound to pay men for making laws , as for making shoes . But experience tells us ...
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... person in public life , upon American topics , will become at once arrogant , quarrelsome , full of wrong impres- sions as to much of the real history of his own country , unable to realize the motives that actuate the policy of this ...
... person in public life , upon American topics , will become at once arrogant , quarrelsome , full of wrong impres- sions as to much of the real history of his own country , unable to realize the motives that actuate the policy of this ...
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Стр. 338 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Стр. 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Стр. 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Стр. 353 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Стр. 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Стр. 356 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Стр. 354 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Стр. 330 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Стр. 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Стр. 349 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.