History of the United States: Containing All the Events Necessary to be Committed to Memory : with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and a Table of Chronology, for the Use of SchoolsMarshall, Clark, 1834 - 144 pages |
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... authorities of America . Q. How were these commissioners received by the con- gress of the United States ? A. Their offers were at once rejected . Q. When did the British evacuate Philadelphia ? A. On the 22d of June , 1778 . Q. What is ...
... authorities of America . Q. How were these commissioners received by the con- gress of the United States ? A. Their offers were at once rejected . Q. When did the British evacuate Philadelphia ? A. On the 22d of June , 1778 . Q. What is ...
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... authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , that these united colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all alle- giance to the British crown ...
... authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , that these united colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all alle- giance to the British crown ...
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... authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill up such vacancies . 5. The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers , and shall have the sole power of impeach- ment . SECTION III . 1. The Senate of ...
... authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill up such vacancies . 5. The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers , and shall have the sole power of impeach- ment . SECTION III . 1. The Senate of ...
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... authority of the United States , which shall have been created , or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased , during such time ; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during ...
... authority of the United States , which shall have been created , or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased , during such time ; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during ...
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... authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress : 16. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases what- soever , over such district ( not exceeding ten miles square ) as may , by cession of ...
... authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress : 16. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases what- soever , over such district ( not exceeding ten miles square ) as may , by cession of ...
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Page 103 - States. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 95 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 101 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 90 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Page 89 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 90 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Page 91 - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Page 95 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Page 98 - ... 2 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4 No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 90 - We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connexions and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind—ene-mies in war, in peace friends.