A History of Presidential ElectionsHoughton, Mifflin, 1892 - 492 pages |
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... demands upon it . The system has not ended in anarchy , as more than once it logically should have done , simply because the people did not wish for anarchy . That it is the part of statesman- ship fully to consider the numerous evils ...
... demands upon it . The system has not ended in anarchy , as more than once it logically should have done , simply because the people did not wish for anarchy . That it is the part of statesman- ship fully to consider the numerous evils ...
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... demand of Congress . The incon- venience of a discussion upon this question , and the doubts of members as to the result of an attempt to decide it either in joint meeting or by the two Houses separately , led to the invention of a ...
... demand of Congress . The incon- venience of a discussion upon this question , and the doubts of members as to the result of an attempt to decide it either in joint meeting or by the two Houses separately , led to the invention of a ...
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... demand . - - But there still existed differences in the systems of election , even among those where there was an appoint- ment of electors by popular vote . In the following States the election of 1828 was by general ticket , the ...
... demand . - - But there still existed differences in the systems of election , even among those where there was an appoint- ment of electors by popular vote . In the following States the election of 1828 was by general ticket , the ...
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... demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample protection of person and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression . 5. Resolved , That it is the duty of every branch of the govern ...
... demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample protection of person and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression . 5. Resolved , That it is the duty of every branch of the govern ...
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... demand the absolute and unqualified divorce of the general government from slavery , and also the restoration of equal- ity of rights among men , in every State where the party exists or may exist . Resolved , That the Liberty Party has ...
... demand the absolute and unqualified divorce of the general government from slavery , and also the restoration of equal- ity of rights among men , in every State where the party exists or may exist . Resolved , That the Liberty Party has ...
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Page 205 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 7 - ... 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.
Page 465 - ... the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjusted through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts ; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin.
Page 134 - That Congress has no power to • charter a National Bank ; that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country, dangerous to our Republican institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business of the country within the control of a concentrated money power, and above the laws and the will of the people. 7. That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several...
Page 476 - We demand a (^national currency, safe, sound, and flexible) issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations; a just, equitable, and efficient means of distribution direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or a better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements.
Page 417 - ... Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision ; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision ; and no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall...
Page 242 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence 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...
Page 259 - ... 11. Foreign emigration — which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development and resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations — should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy.
Page 334 - 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...