The American Union: Its Effect on National Character and Policy, with an Inquiry Into Secession as a Constitutional Right, and the Causes of the DisruptionR. Bentley, 1861 - 366 pages |
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... alter the laws of Lycurgus for the purpose . In spite of all this , both these Federations failed to endure ; and it may be held that they proved of fatal injury to Greece , by sustaining the small States in a separate yet ineffective ...
... alter the laws of Lycurgus for the purpose . In spite of all this , both these Federations failed to endure ; and it may be held that they proved of fatal injury to Greece , by sustaining the small States in a separate yet ineffective ...
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... altered , that it suits them no longer , even if fairly interpreted . We believe , also , that the Union has greatly accelerated the rate of national progress . But it does not follow , by any means , that this has been a real advantage ...
... altered , that it suits them no longer , even if fairly interpreted . We believe , also , that the Union has greatly accelerated the rate of national progress . But it does not follow , by any means , that this has been a real advantage ...
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... altered . The vast dimensions of the Union , and its incessant growth , have filled the national mind with conceptions of size , of amplitude , with the desire to excite astonishment rather than to command respect . Magnitude has become ...
... altered . The vast dimensions of the Union , and its incessant growth , have filled the national mind with conceptions of size , of amplitude , with the desire to excite astonishment rather than to command respect . Magnitude has become ...
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... alter . Perfectly honourable as an individual , he will be prepared as a Unionist , to defend any principle , even that of mere spolia- tion under the name of manifest destiny , when regarded as part of the policy of the Union . There ...
... alter . Perfectly honourable as an individual , he will be prepared as a Unionist , to defend any principle , even that of mere spolia- tion under the name of manifest destiny , when regarded as part of the policy of the Union . There ...
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... altered up to it , history must be made to conform with it . A great dominion must have a great people , and a great people must have a great history ; and if there be no such history in real existence , it must be made great . Hildreth ...
... altered up to it , history must be made to conform with it . A great dominion must have a great people , and a great people must have a great history ; and if there be no such history in real existence , it must be made great . Hildreth ...
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Page 356 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 357 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 38 - 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 351 - ... 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 334 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 335 - No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or any other for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 354 - 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 352 - 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 328 - 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 340 - ... office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. THE United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...