Modern Achievement, Volume 10University Soc., 1902 |
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... term he absolutely refused to serve a third , urging the risk to republican institutions of suf- fering the same man ... terms , and no man has ever been so reelected . The Constitution requires for the choice of a President " a majority ...
... term he absolutely refused to serve a third , urging the risk to republican institutions of suf- fering the same man ... terms , and no man has ever been so reelected . The Constitution requires for the choice of a President " a majority ...
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... term of office only by means of impeachment . In obedience to State precedents , it is by the House of Representatives that the President is im- peached , and by the Senate , sitting as a law court , with the Chief Justice of the ...
... term of office only by means of impeachment . In obedience to State precedents , it is by the House of Representatives that the President is im- peached , and by the Senate , sitting as a law court , with the Chief Justice of the ...
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parliamentary majority , but run on to the end of his term . One naturally compares him with the French President , but the latter has a prime minister and cabinet , dependent on the chamber , at once to relieve and to eclipse him : in ...
parliamentary majority , but run on to the end of his term . One naturally compares him with the French President , but the latter has a prime minister and cabinet , dependent on the chamber , at once to relieve and to eclipse him : in ...
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... terms ( the larger of the two houses usually for two years only ) , a senator has during the greater part of his six years ' term to look for reëlection not to the present but to a future State legislature . The length of the senatorial ...
... terms ( the larger of the two houses usually for two years only ) , a senator has during the greater part of his six years ' term to look for reëlection not to the present but to a future State legislature . The length of the senatorial ...
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... term is by no means too long ; and its length is one among the causes which have made it easier for senators than for members of the House to procure reëlection , a result which has worked well for the country . The Senate resembles the ...
... term is by no means too long ; and its length is one among the causes which have made it easier for senators than for members of the House to procure reëlection , a result which has worked well for the country . The Senate resembles the ...
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Page 290 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 298 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct...
Page 334 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 300 - VIII.—All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State...
Page xiv - Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin new reap'd Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and...
Page 293 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 297 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 321 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 320 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 324 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.