The History of the United States of America, Volume 4Harper, 1849 |
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... voted for members of the Ratifying Convention ; and that the majority who voted for ratification had been elected by only six thousand eight hundred voters . The day so unanimously celebrated in Philadelphia became the occasion ...
... voted for members of the Ratifying Convention ; and that the majority who voted for ratification had been elected by only six thousand eight hundred voters . The day so unanimously celebrated in Philadelphia became the occasion ...
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... vote at the election of president , nor had she during the great- er part of the first session of Congress any representa- tives in the federal Senate . There were in Pennsylvania , as we have seen already , some very warm and active ...
... vote at the election of president , nor had she during the great- er part of the first session of Congress any representa- tives in the federal Senate . There were in Pennsylvania , as we have seen already , some very warm and active ...
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... vote of the two branches , in others by joint ballot . 4 1789. The electors thus chosen met in their respective ... votes , Henry having uttered a philippic against him in the Assembly . These two Virginians were the only professed anti ...
... vote of the two branches , in others by joint ballot . 4 1789. The electors thus chosen met in their respective ... votes , Henry having uttered a philippic against him in the Assembly . These two Virginians were the only professed anti ...
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... vote , that is , by each house acting sepa- rately , and having a negative on the other , or by joint ballot of both houses meeting together and voting as one body , the general practice where the election of state of- ficers was vested ...
... vote , that is , by each house acting sepa- rately , and having a negative on the other , or by joint ballot of both houses meeting together and voting as one body , the general practice where the election of state of- ficers was vested ...
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... voted for ratifying , yet he , as well as Governor Hancock , was an advocate for amendments , and the Federalists , who knew that his tal- ent was greater for pulling down than for building up , did not choose to trust him as a ...
... voted for ratifying , yet he , as well as Governor Hancock , was an advocate for amendments , and the Federalists , who knew that his tal- ent was greater for pulling down than for building up , did not choose to trust him as a ...
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Page 678 - ... constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion...
Page 267 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration...
Page 174 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Page 609 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
Page 580 - As, therefore, it is perfectly clear to my understanding, that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty ; as the treaty with Great Britain exhibits, in itself, all the objects requiring legislative provision, and on these the papers called for can throw no light ; and as it is essential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries, fixed by the constitution between the different departments, should be preserved; a just regard to the...
Page 57 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
Page 357 - I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 198 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 358 - I acknowledge and avow; and this was not merely a speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over members of the legislature.
Page 176 - ... devise means for removing this inconsistency from the character of the American people...