The American Citizen's Manual of Reference: Being a Comprehensive Historical, Statistical, Topographical, and Political View of the United States of North America, and of the Several States and TerritoriesS. W. Benedict, 1840 - 102 pages |
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... chosen every second year , by the people of the several states : and the electors in each state shall have the quali- fications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature . 2. No person shall be a ...
... chosen every second year , by the people of the several states : and the electors in each state shall have the quali- fications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature . 2. No person shall be a ...
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... chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided , as equally as may be , into three ...
... chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided , as equally as may be , into three ...
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... chosen for the same term , be elected as follows : 2. Each state shall appoint , in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state ...
... chosen for the same term , be elected as follows : 2. Each state shall appoint , in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state ...
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... chosen with the fond- est predilection , and , in my flattering hopes , with an immutable decision , as the assylum of my declining years , a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition ...
... chosen with the fond- est predilection , and , in my flattering hopes , with an immutable decision , as the assylum of my declining years , a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition ...
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... chosen country , with room enough for our descendants to the thousandeth and thousandeth generation ; en- tertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties , to the acquisitions of our industry , to honor and ...
... chosen country , with room enough for our descendants to the thousandeth and thousandeth generation ; en- tertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties , to the acquisitions of our industry , to honor and ...
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Page 8 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 2 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 23 - But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 34 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 14 - 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...
Page 6 - ... 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports...
Page 20 - ... agitated in every direction were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected.
Page 7 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 19 - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.