The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... majority . - Its effects 58 Degradation of judges and disrespect for law 63 Inherent weakness of the Government and its effects 67 Lynch law . Vigilance committees . - Force only respected 68 Laxity of political principle . - All's fair ...
... majority . - Its effects 58 Degradation of judges and disrespect for law 63 Inherent weakness of the Government and its effects 67 Lynch law . Vigilance committees . - Force only respected 68 Laxity of political principle . - All's fair ...
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... majority of the people of that country are cousins . of ours , only thrice removed . No Englishman ever thinks or speaks of an American as a foreigner ; nor is it without a feeling of surprise , and of some degree of pain , that on ...
... majority of the people of that country are cousins . of ours , only thrice removed . No Englishman ever thinks or speaks of an American as a foreigner ; nor is it without a feeling of surprise , and of some degree of pain , that on ...
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... Convention , which has to choose the party candidate ; the immense majority of the citizens have no other alternative than to accept these nominations as they stand , or renounce the POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNION . 29.
... Convention , which has to choose the party candidate ; the immense majority of the citizens have no other alternative than to accept these nominations as they stand , or renounce the POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNION . 29.
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... majority of the whole number of votes . This enables the promoters of several insignificant candidates to render it impossible for any other to obtain the majority required . The injurious effect of this rule is manifest , and often ...
... majority of the whole number of votes . This enables the promoters of several insignificant candidates to render it impossible for any other to obtain the majority required . The injurious effect of this rule is manifest , and often ...
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... majority never heard before ? It arises in chief from the excessive magnitude , and conflicting interests , of the Union , - from the dispersion of the people over a space so vast that necessity enforces a system of this kind . Were an ...
... majority never heard before ? It arises in chief from the excessive magnitude , and conflicting interests , of the Union , - from the dispersion of the people over a space so vast that necessity enforces a system of this kind . Were an ...
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Page 338 - 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 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Page 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 353 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Page 356 - 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 354 - 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 may be entitled in the Congress...
Page 330 - 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 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, 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 pretense whatever.
Page 349 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.