The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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Page 49
... hands of strong men it has become an office of the greatest power ever exercised in a free country ; but one thing it was not - an office of clearly defined relations . Nobody could tell , when Washington was inaugurated , and nobody ...
... hands of strong men it has become an office of the greatest power ever exercised in a free country ; but one thing it was not - an office of clearly defined relations . Nobody could tell , when Washington was inaugurated , and nobody ...
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... hands of the representatives of the people . This is the essential , and , after all , only efficacious security for the rights and privileges of the people , which is attainable in civil society . The Jeffersonians did not feel it was ...
... hands of the representatives of the people . This is the essential , and , after all , only efficacious security for the rights and privileges of the people , which is attainable in civil society . The Jeffersonians did not feel it was ...
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... hands of his fellow Virginians , sometimes at the hands of a hated North- * Marquis James and Hugh Russell Fraser have shown that Jackson was not the cheerful swashbuckler he has often been pictured , when he threatened to hang Calhoun ...
... hands of his fellow Virginians , sometimes at the hands of a hated North- * Marquis James and Hugh Russell Fraser have shown that Jackson was not the cheerful swashbuckler he has often been pictured , when he threatened to hang Calhoun ...
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Prelude to a Federation | 25 |
Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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