Congressional Serial Set, Issue 8870U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... matters , and having resorted to illegal arrests and prose- cutions of Wilkes and incurred the enmity of the Colonies , is there any wonder that South Carolina voted £ 1,500 to aid Wilkes in paying his debts ? The assertion that South ...
... matters , and having resorted to illegal arrests and prose- cutions of Wilkes and incurred the enmity of the Colonies , is there any wonder that South Carolina voted £ 1,500 to aid Wilkes in paying his debts ? The assertion that South ...
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... matter of Parliament Wilkes had also attained the highest civic honor , being elected lord mayor of London . Now being a member , he sought to have the record of his incapacity expunged from the journals . Motion was lost ; he secured ...
... matter of Parliament Wilkes had also attained the highest civic honor , being elected lord mayor of London . Now being a member , he sought to have the record of his incapacity expunged from the journals . Motion was lost ; he secured ...
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... matter drop . It is an exaggeration to say that the vote of 1782 which expunged this record was the culmination of a great constitutional contest . Macauley's History of England , Volume II , page 344 : While seven administrations were ...
... matter drop . It is an exaggeration to say that the vote of 1782 which expunged this record was the culmination of a great constitutional contest . Macauley's History of England , Volume II , page 344 : While seven administrations were ...
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... matter , is evidenced by the Declaration of Independence itself . Has Mr. Beck forgotten the language and purport of that immortal instrument which says : The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated ...
... matter , is evidenced by the Declaration of Independence itself . Has Mr. Beck forgotten the language and purport of that immortal instrument which says : The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated ...
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... matter were to arise now for the first time , what would be the best governmental policy ? Would the delegation of such a power to the Senate be fraught with danger to the Republic ? It must be remembered that Senators are officials of ...
... matter were to arise now for the first time , what would be the best governmental policy ? Would the delegation of such a power to the Senate be fraught with danger to the Republic ? It must be remembered that Senators are officials of ...
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Page 39 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion...
Page 22 - Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take.
Page 10 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 26 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Page 41 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Page 39 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty ; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Page 17 - ... truth is great and will prevail, if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them...
Page 31 - Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part...
Page 33 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 10 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a State other than those in which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the Nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by Congress.