A History of the PresidencyHoughton Mifflin Company, 1904 - 586 pages |
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... chosen by the national legislature for the term of years , " " " and to be ineligible the second time . " Charles Pinckney proposed , at the same time , " that the executive power be vested in a ' President of the United States of ...
... chosen by the national legislature for the term of years , " " " and to be ineligible the second time . " Charles Pinckney proposed , at the same time , " that the executive power be vested in a ' President of the United States of ...
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... chosen ? With the first class we have nothing to do , save incidentally . To understand why the Con- vention was puzzled , and why it changed its mind , apparently , so often , it is necessary to inquire briefly what it was the pur ...
... chosen ? With the first class we have nothing to do , save incidentally . To understand why the Con- vention was puzzled , and why it changed its mind , apparently , so often , it is necessary to inquire briefly what it was the pur ...
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... chosen by the legislature . Then Elbridge Gerry brought forward a suggestion that the President should be elected by the governors of the States ; this was negatived . Hamilton's plan of a government , offered on the 18th of June ...
... chosen by the legislature . Then Elbridge Gerry brought forward a suggestion that the President should be elected by the governors of the States ; this was negatived . Hamilton's plan of a government , offered on the 18th of June ...
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... chosen by the people , by districts . These electors were to meet , those for each State within that State , and ... chosen " by electors appointed by the legislatures of the several States . ' On the 19th it adopted a motion in almost ...
... chosen by the people , by districts . These electors were to meet , those for each State within that State , and ... chosen " by electors appointed by the legislatures of the several States . ' On the 19th it adopted a motion in almost ...
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... chosen by the people of the several States , and also a motion that the Presi- dent be chosen " by electors . " It rejected moreover a plain election by the people , a motion to give to each State one vote for President ( in the ...
... chosen by the people of the several States , and also a motion that the Presi- dent be chosen " by electors . " It rejected moreover a plain election by the people , a motion to give to each State one vote for President ( in the ...
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Page 79 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Page 268 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery.
Page 196 - 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 245 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
Page 289 - 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 268 - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure 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 503 - 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 298 - 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 446 - ... 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 300 - 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...