The National Conventions and Platforms of All Parties, 1789-1901: Convention, Popular, and Electoral Vote. Also the Political Complexion of Both Houses of Congress at Each Biennial Period ...Friedenwald Company, 1901 - 381 pages |
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... interests of the nation . 3. Resolved , That a uniform system of internal improvements , sustained and supported by the general government , is calcu- lated to secure , in the highest degree , the harmony , the strength , and the ...
... interests of the nation . 3. Resolved , That a uniform system of internal improvements , sustained and supported by the general government , is calcu- lated to secure , in the highest degree , the harmony , the strength , and the ...
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... interests , corrupting to the morals , and dangerous to the liberties of this country . 8. Resolved , That we hold the disposition shown by the pres- ent national administration to accept the advice of the King of Holland , touching the ...
... interests , corrupting to the morals , and dangerous to the liberties of this country . 8. Resolved , That we hold the disposition shown by the pres- ent national administration to accept the advice of the King of Holland , touching the ...
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... interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country ; that every citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample ...
... interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country ; that every citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample ...
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... interest , to suspend the passage of a bill whose merits cannot secure the approval of two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives , until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon , and which has thrice saved the ...
... interest , to suspend the passage of a bill whose merits cannot secure the approval of two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives , until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon , and which has thrice saved the ...
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... interest of the country . Inheriting the principles as well as the name of a father who , with Washington , on the fields of Trenton and of Monmouth , perilled life in the contest for liberty , and afterwards , as a senator of the ...
... interest of the country . Inheriting the principles as well as the name of a father who , with Washington , on the fields of Trenton and of Monmouth , perilled life in the contest for liberty , and afterwards , as a senator of the ...
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Page 76 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 390 - Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.
Page 122 - Union by the experiment of war, during which, uude:- the pretense of a military necessity or war power higher than the constitution, the constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to...
Page 114 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; 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 331 - The silver interests began in that year a propaganda to restore the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1...
Page 89 - That the Federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. "2. That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of Internal Improvements.
Page 393 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes...
Page 124 - That, as Slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion, and as it must be always and everywhere hostile to the principles of Republican government, justice and the National safety demand its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the Republic...
Page 281 - We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people. We charge that the controlling influences dominating both these parties have permitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them.
Page 108 - Inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a territorial legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of slavery within the territories, — 2. Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the questions of constitutional law.