The national government. The state governmentsMacmillan, 1919 |
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... Decision delivered . 1861-65 War of Secession . First Trans - Continental Railway completed . 1869 1877 1879 Final withdrawal of Federal troops from the South . Specie Payments resumed . 1898 1899 1904 War with Spain : annexation of ...
... Decision delivered . 1861-65 War of Secession . First Trans - Continental Railway completed . 1869 1877 1879 Final withdrawal of Federal troops from the South . Specie Payments resumed . 1898 1899 1904 War with Spain : annexation of ...
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... decision been left to what is now called " the voice of the people , " that is , to the mass of the citizens all over the country , voting at the polls , the voice of the people would probably have pronounced against the Constitution ...
... decision been left to what is now called " the voice of the people , " that is , to the mass of the citizens all over the country , voting at the polls , the voice of the people would probably have pronounced against the Constitution ...
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... decision of the people . Their personal qualifications are a matter of indifference . They have no discretion , but are chosen under a pledge - a pledge of honour merely , but a pledge which has never ( since 1796 ) been violated to ...
... decision of the people . Their personal qualifications are a matter of indifference . They have no discretion , but are chosen under a pledge - a pledge of honour merely , but a pledge which has never ( since 1796 ) been violated to ...
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... decision by Congress always certain of attainment . But it often happens that one party has a majority in the Senate , another party in the House , and then , as the two Houses vote separately and each differently from the other , a ...
... decision by Congress always certain of attainment . But it often happens that one party has a majority in the Senate , another party in the House , and then , as the two Houses vote separately and each differently from the other , a ...
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... decision may have been right as matter of law , it is still debated by lawyers , and there had been so much force ... decisions of the Commission , but as the two Houses differed in every case , the Democrats of the House always voting ...
... decision may have been right as matter of law , it is still debated by lawyers , and there had been so much force ... decisions of the Commission , but as the two Houses differed in every case , the Democrats of the House always voting ...
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Page 681 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 685 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page 716 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it, at such election.
Page 683 - And if either party shall neglect to attend at the day appointed, without showing reasons which Congress shall judge sufficient, or, being present, shall refuse to strike, the Congress shall proceed to nominate three persons out of each state; and the Secretary of Congress shall strike in behalf of such party absent or refusing; and the judgment and sentence of the court to be appointed in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive.
Page 381 - 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 683 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment which shall in like manner be final and decisive; the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned ; provided, that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the State where...
Page 681 - Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Page 684 - States, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months ; and shall publish the journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Page 683 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States...
Page 691 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.