National Party Platforms of the United States, Presidential Candidates, Electoral and Popular VotesWerner Company, 1896 - 98 pages |
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... actual invasion , and for such a naval force only as may be sufficient to protect our coasts and harbors from depredations ; and opposition , therefore , to the policy of a standing army in time of peace which may overawe the public ...
... actual invasion , and for such a naval force only as may be sufficient to protect our coasts and harbors from depredations ; and opposition , therefore , to the policy of a standing army in time of peace which may overawe the public ...
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... actual conflict when the balance was perilously doubtful - we have found him the same - brave , distinguished and considerate , no heartless spectator of bloodshed , no trifler with human life or human happiness ; and we do not know ...
... actual conflict when the balance was perilously doubtful - we have found him the same - brave , distinguished and considerate , no heartless spectator of bloodshed , no trifler with human life or human happiness ; and we do not know ...
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... actual settlers , in consideration of the expenses they incur in making settlements in the wilderness , which are usually fully equal to their actual cost , and of the public benefits resulting therefrom , of reasonable portions of the ...
... actual settlers , in consideration of the expenses they incur in making settlements in the wilderness , which are usually fully equal to their actual cost , and of the public benefits resulting therefrom , of reasonable portions of the ...
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... actual residents , and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it , to form a Constitu- tion , with or without domestic slavery , and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with the other States . Resolved ...
... actual residents , and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it , to form a Constitu- tion , with or without domestic slavery , and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with the other States . Resolved ...
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... actual perpetrators of these atrocious out- rages and their accomplices , to a sure and con- dign punishment hereafter . Resolved , That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a State of the Union with her pres- ent free Constitution ...
... actual perpetrators of these atrocious out- rages and their accomplices , to a sure and con- dign punishment hereafter . Resolved , That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a State of the Union with her pres- ent free Constitution ...
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Page 1 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that 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,...
Page 1 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 3 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 26 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 26 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 26 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery.
Page 37 - We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.
Page 30 - Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 29 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 1 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.