Library of Southern Literature: BiographyEdwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent Martin & Hoyt Company, 1909 |
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Page 3299
... reason of the many than to their weaknesses ; hoping perhaps in proportion to the ardour of their zeal , that by giving such a turn to the administration , the government itself may by degrees be narrowed into fewer hands , and ...
... reason of the many than to their weaknesses ; hoping perhaps in proportion to the ardour of their zeal , that by giving such a turn to the administration , the government itself may by degrees be narrowed into fewer hands , and ...
Page 3303
... reasons offered on this subject , by a gentleman on the same side [ Mr. Nicholas ] were unanswerable , and have been so full , that I shall add but little more on the subject . Those who wish to become federal representatives , must de ...
... reasons offered on this subject , by a gentleman on the same side [ Mr. Nicholas ] were unanswerable , and have been so full , that I shall add but little more on the subject . Those who wish to become federal representatives , must de ...
Page 3371
... reason and argu- ment , is not lost in Europe he has raised the consideration of the United States in that quarter . " The next year the appointment of Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was offered to him , but he ...
... reason and argu- ment , is not lost in Europe he has raised the consideration of the United States in that quarter . " The next year the appointment of Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was offered to him , but he ...
Page 3374
... reason to this fact . The testi- mony then is not relevant . If it can be introduced , it is only in the character of corroborative or confirmatory testimony , after the overt act has been proved by two witnesses in such manner that the ...
... reason to this fact . The testi- mony then is not relevant . If it can be introduced , it is only in the character of corroborative or confirmatory testimony , after the overt act has been proved by two witnesses in such manner that the ...
Page 3376
... by two wit- nesses that the meeting on Blennerhassett's island was pro- cured by the prisoner . On that point the court for the present withholds its opinion for reasons which have been already as- 3376 SOUTHERN LITERATURE.
... by two wit- nesses that the meeting on Blennerhassett's island was pro- cured by the prisoner . On that point the court for the present withholds its opinion for reasons which have been already as- 3376 SOUTHERN LITERATURE.
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Page 3380 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 3378 - The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or It is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, Is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.
Page 3685 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 3377 - The question whether an Act repugnant to the Constitution can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States ; but, happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established, to decide it.
Page 3685 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the Minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at St. Petersburg, to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the north-west coast of this Continent.
Page 3647 - Thrift, thrift, Horatio; the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Page 3384 - ... would cripple the government and render it unequal to the objects for which it is declared to be instituted, and to which the powers given, as fairly understood, render it competent; then we cannot perceive the propriety of this strict construction, nor adopt it as the rule by which the constitution is to be expounded.
Page 3686 - It was stated at the commencement of the last session that a great effort was then making in Spain and Portugal to improve the condition of the people of those countries, and that it appeared to be conducted with extraordinary moderation. It need scarcely be remarked that the result has been so far very different from what was then...
Page 3386 - The Judicial Department comes home in its effects to every man's fireside : it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not, to the last degree important, that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to influence or control him but God and his conscience?
Page 3378 - It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.