Introduction to the Science of Government: And Compend of Constitutional and Statutory Law ; Comprehending a General View of the Government of the United States ; with Practical Observations on the Duties of Citizens ; Adapted to Purposes of Instruction in Families and SchoolsSpencer & Lewis, printers, 1835 - 304 pages |
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... present and future dangers . Ignorance is said to be the parent of vice . With us it would also be the parent of those fatal disorders in the body politic , which have their certain issue in anarchy . " In presenting this work to the ...
... present and future dangers . Ignorance is said to be the parent of vice . With us it would also be the parent of those fatal disorders in the body politic , which have their certain issue in anarchy . " In presenting this work to the ...
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... present state , civil government and laws are necessary for the regulation of his conduct . " Man is so formed by nature , " says Vattel , " that he cannot suffer by himself , and he necessarily stands in need of the assistance and ...
... present state , civil government and laws are necessary for the regulation of his conduct . " Man is so formed by nature , " says Vattel , " that he cannot suffer by himself , and he necessarily stands in need of the assistance and ...
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... present state need any other guide than reason ? By what have the moral faculties of man been impaired and cor- rupted ? How has Divine Providence aided human reason ? What are the doctrines of revelation called ; and where are they ...
... present state need any other guide than reason ? By what have the moral faculties of man been impaired and cor- rupted ? How has Divine Providence aided human reason ? What are the doctrines of revelation called ; and where are they ...
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... present enjoyed to nearly the same extent it is in the United States . Such has been the progress of republican principles among the governments of Eu- rope , as to cause , in many of them , important changes in favor of the rights of ...
... present enjoyed to nearly the same extent it is in the United States . Such has been the progress of republican principles among the governments of Eu- rope , as to cause , in many of them , important changes in favor of the rights of ...
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... present consti- tution , will constitute the principal subject of notice , as being more compatible with the design of this work . In 1606 , two companies of merchants and others were incorporated under the names of the London company ...
... present consti- tution , will constitute the principal subject of notice , as being more compatible with the design of this work . In 1606 , two companies of merchants and others were incorporated under the names of the London company ...
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Page 77 - It is at. all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present, occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 245 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 78 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 65 - To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; To establish post offices and post roads...
Page 54 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. Connecticut. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. New York. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. New Jersey. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. Pennsylvania. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE Ross.
Page 235 - Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible for the next three years after the termination of their offices. They may be required by law, to renew their security, from time to time ! and in default of giving such new security, their offices shall be deemed vacant. But the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the Sheriff.
Page 77 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 71 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Page 245 - Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature...
Page 241 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service; and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep with the consent of Congress in time of peace; and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury...