Formation of the Union, 1750-1829Longmans, Green, 1897 - 278 pages |
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... governors , with whom they could quarrel with- out being guilty of treason , and from whom in general they feared very ... governor's instructions ; and to the very last the gover- nors , and above the governors the king , retained the ...
... governors , with whom they could quarrel with- out being guilty of treason , and from whom in general they feared very ... governor's instructions ; and to the very last the gover- nors , and above the governors the king , retained the ...
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... governor's favors or voted for too many of that officer's measures , they found themselves left out of the assemblies by their independent constituents . The power over terri- tory , the right to grant wild lands , was also peculiar to ...
... governor's favors or voted for too many of that officer's measures , they found themselves left out of the assemblies by their independent constituents . The power over terri- tory , the right to grant wild lands , was also peculiar to ...
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... governor and endowed with large powers of county legislation . Hence in the South the local government fell into the hands of the principal men of each parish without elec- tion , while in New England it was in the hands of the voters ...
... governor and endowed with large powers of county legislation . Hence in the South the local government fell into the hands of the principal men of each parish without elec- tion , while in New England it was in the hands of the voters ...
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... governor's instructions were the only constitution . In essence , all the colonies of all three groups had the same form of government . In each there was an Suffrage . elective legislature ; in each the suffrage was very limited ...
... governor's instructions were the only constitution . In essence , all the colonies of all three groups had the same form of government . In each there was an Suffrage . elective legislature ; in each the suffrage was very limited ...
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... governor was a third part of the legislature in so far as he chose to exercise his veto power . The only other limitation on the legislative power of the assemblies was the general pro- viso that no act " was to be contrary to the law ...
... governor was a third part of the legislature in so far as he chose to exercise his veto power . The only other limitation on the legislative power of the assemblies was the general pro- viso that no act " was to be contrary to the law ...
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Page 235 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Page 128 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.
Page 178 - ... militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public...
Page 186 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 208 - If this bill passes, it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of this Union; that it will free the States from their moral obligation ; and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably, if they can, violently, if they must.
Page 167 - I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.
Page 86 - ... the king and parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of His Majesty's colonies, provinces and plantations in North America or the West Indies ; except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce...
Page 140 - I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves.
Page 79 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies...
Page 121 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...