America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, Financial, Political, Literary, Moral and Religious Capacity and Character of the American PeopleH. Colburn, 1818 - 504 pages |
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... learning ; whose private in- terests have been promoted , and whose private relations have been uniformly gladdened , by your social and domestic virtues ? I have the honour to be , Sir , Your much obliged And most obedient Servant ...
... learning ; whose private in- terests have been promoted , and whose private relations have been uniformly gladdened , by your social and domestic virtues ? I have the honour to be , Sir , Your much obliged And most obedient Servant ...
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... learning , and wisdom , than can be allotted to human beings to enjoy . A far greater number of wri- ters , however , have outraged decency , by loading the American people with abuse and calumny . Among the vilest and silliest of these ...
... learning , and wisdom , than can be allotted to human beings to enjoy . A far greater number of wri- ters , however , have outraged decency , by loading the American people with abuse and calumny . Among the vilest and silliest of these ...
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... while the people are free ; while religion , morals , intelli- gence , learning , science , industry , enterprise , and valour , continue to make England their favoured abode , the sun of her national glory can never set ,
... while the people are free ; while religion , morals , intelli- gence , learning , science , industry , enterprise , and valour , continue to make England their favoured abode , the sun of her national glory can never set ,
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... tire inability , even of their great genius and extensive learning , to remedy the defects , or enlarge the bounda ries of that important science . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 105 To arrive at any certain and 104 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY .
... tire inability , even of their great genius and extensive learning , to remedy the defects , or enlarge the bounda ries of that important science . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 105 To arrive at any certain and 104 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY .
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... learning , wealth , probity , and character , to discharge so solemn and important a duty , as that of framing laws for the well- being of an extensive , powerful , and fast - growing com- monwealth . A great part of every year , in ...
... learning , wealth , probity , and character , to discharge so solemn and important a duty , as that of framing laws for the well- being of an extensive , powerful , and fast - growing com- monwealth . A great part of every year , in ...
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Page 156 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 181 - Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of fact, but may state the testimony and declare the law.
Page 131 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 196 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 137 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a...
Page 2 - It has often given me pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected, fertile, wide-spreading country, was the portion of our western sons of liberty. Providence has in a particular manner blessed it with a variety of soils and productions, and watered it with innumerable streams, for the delight and accommodation of its inhabitants. A succession of navigable waters forms a kind of chain round its borders...
Page 171 - Without this, there would be no responsibility whatever in the executive department, an idea inadmissible in a free government. But even there, the king is not bound by the resolutions of his council, though they are answerable for the advice they give. He is the absolute master of his own conduct in the exercise of his office ; and may observe or disregard the counsel given to him at his sole discretion.
Page 175 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Page 202 - Congress shall not have power to lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of the citizens of the United States, in the ports or harbors thereof, for more than sixty days. Fourth. Congress shall not have power, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both houses, to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, or the dependencies thereof.
Page 345 - The world was sad ; the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sighed, till woman smiled...