Annual Messages, Veto Messages, Protests, &cE.J. Coale, 1835 - 272 pages |
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... existing differences . With Great Britain , alike distinguished in peace and war , we may look forward to years of peaceful , honorable , and elevated competition . Every thing in the condition and history of the two nations is ...
... existing differences . With Great Britain , alike distinguished in peace and war , we may look forward to years of peaceful , honorable , and elevated competition . Every thing in the condition and history of the two nations is ...
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... existing go- vernment of France , remain unsatisfied ; and must , therefore , continue to fnrnish a subject of unpleasant discussion , and possible collision , between the two governments . I cherish , however , a lively hope , founded ...
... existing go- vernment of France , remain unsatisfied ; and must , therefore , continue to fnrnish a subject of unpleasant discussion , and possible collision , between the two governments . I cherish , however , a lively hope , founded ...
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... existing tariff , believing that some of its provisions require modification . The general rule to be applied in graduating the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture , is that which will place our own in fair competition ...
... existing tariff , believing that some of its provisions require modification . The general rule to be applied in graduating the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture , is that which will place our own in fair competition ...
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... existing duties , will be felt as a common benefit ; but , like all other legislation connected with commerce , to be efficacious , and not injurious , it should be gradual and certain The public prosperity is evinced in the increased ...
... existing duties , will be felt as a common benefit ; but , like all other legislation connected with commerce , to be efficacious , and not injurious , it should be gradual and certain The public prosperity is evinced in the increased ...
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... existing prior to the act of 1821 , or from it , as it has been fixed by that act - would remove this difficulty . It is also important that the laws regulating the pay and emoluments of officers generally , should be more specific than ...
... existing prior to the act of 1821 , or from it , as it has been fixed by that act - would remove this difficulty . It is also important that the laws regulating the pay and emoluments of officers generally , should be more specific than ...
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Page 192 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 249 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 191 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 108 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Page 126 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 105 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Page 192 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 188 - We are convinced policy and justice require that a country unsettled at the commencement of this war, claimed by the British crown, and ceded to it by the treaty of Paris, if wrested from the common enemy by the blood and treasure of the thirteen states, should be considered as a common property, subject to be parcelled out by Congress into free, convenient and independent governments, in such manner and at such times as the wisdom of that assembly shall hereafter direct.
Page 107 - ... for all imposts must be equal. It is no answer to repeat that an unconstitutional law is no law, so long as the question of its legality is to be decided by the State itself; for every law operating injuriously upon any local interest will be perhaps thought, and certainly represented, as unconstitutional, and, as has been shown, there is no appeal.
Page 235 - There is danger that a president and directors would then be able to elect themselves from year to year, and without responsibility or control manage the whole concerns of the bank during the existence of its charter.