Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His LifeJohn F. Brown and William White, 1837 - 429 pages |
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... federal govern- ment , which distinguished it , cannot think it strange that the purest patriots of those times , should have trembled for the fate of their country . His course in the Senate at that juncture , was marked by a steady ...
... federal govern- ment , which distinguished it , cannot think it strange that the purest patriots of those times , should have trembled for the fate of their country . His course in the Senate at that juncture , was marked by a steady ...
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... federal constitution , it will devolve upon me , for a stated period , to execute the laws of the United States ; to superintend their foreign and confederate relations ; to manage their revenue ; to com- mand their forces ; and , by ...
... federal constitution , it will devolve upon me , for a stated period , to execute the laws of the United States ; to superintend their foreign and confederate relations ; to manage their revenue ; to com- mand their forces ; and , by ...
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... , and the diffusion of knowledge , so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the federal government , are of high importance . Considering standing armies as dangerous to free gov- ernments , 36 JACKSON'S MESSAGES .
... , and the diffusion of knowledge , so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the federal government , are of high importance . Considering standing armies as dangerous to free gov- ernments , 36 JACKSON'S MESSAGES .
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... federal government into con- flict with the freedom of elections , and the counteraction of those causes which have disturbed the rightful course of appointment , and have placed , or continued power INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 37.
... federal government into con- flict with the freedom of elections , and the counteraction of those causes which have disturbed the rightful course of appointment , and have placed , or continued power INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 37.
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... Federal Legislature of twenty - four sovereign States , and twelve millions of hap- py people , a view of our affairs ; and to propose such measures as , in the discharge of my official functions , have suggested themselves as necessary ...
... Federal Legislature of twenty - four sovereign States , and twelve millions of hap- py people , a view of our affairs ; and to propose such measures as , in the discharge of my official functions , have suggested themselves as necessary ...
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Page 194 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FOR5IED.
Page 247 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Page 165 - There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Page 420 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 218 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 219 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 189 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Page 192 - But reasoning on this subject is superfluous when our social compact in express terms declares, that the laws of the. United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it, are the supreme law of the land, and for greater caution adds, "that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 46 - There are, perhaps, few men who can for any great length of time enjoy office and power without being more or less under the influence of feelings unfavorable to the faithful discharge of their public duties. Their integrity may be proof against improper considerations immediately addressed to themselves, but they are apt to acquire a habit of looking with indifference upon the public interests and of tolerating conduct from which an unpracticed man would revolt.
Page 198 - Carry out the consequences of this right vested in the different states, and you must perceive that the crisis your conduct presents at this day would recur whenever any law of the United States displeased any of the states, and that we should soon cease to be a nation. The ordinance, with the same knowledge of the future that characterizes a former objection, tells you that the proceeds of the tax will be unconstitutionally applied. If this could be ascertained with certainty, the objection would,...