A History of Political Parties in the United States: Being an Account of the Political Parties Since the Foundation of the Government; Together with a Consideration of the Conditions Attending Their Formation and Development; and with a Reprint of the Several Party PlatformsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 - 477 pages |
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... believe that those people were innately lawless . There were amongst them demagogues and desperadoes . But the mass of the community was orderly , respectable , church- going , and religious . They were suffering under what they ...
... believe that those people were innately lawless . There were amongst them demagogues and desperadoes . But the mass of the community was orderly , respectable , church- going , and religious . They were suffering under what they ...
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... believe that " a public debt is a public blessing . " Amongst his first acts was the pardon of those convicted under the Alien and Sedition laws . The distribution of patronage became a troublesome question , as it always will be ...
... believe that " a public debt is a public blessing . " Amongst his first acts was the pardon of those convicted under the Alien and Sedition laws . The distribution of patronage became a troublesome question , as it always will be ...
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... believe that Clay , finding his own election impossible , threw his strength to Adams in pref- erence to Jackson , and that Clay's recognized abilities at once commended him to Adams as one admirably quali fied to fill the position of ...
... believe that Clay , finding his own election impossible , threw his strength to Adams in pref- erence to Jackson , and that Clay's recognized abilities at once commended him to Adams as one admirably quali fied to fill the position of ...
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... believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . " Throughout the discussion he handled himself and his subject with masterful skill and ability . Even as ex- perienced and powerful a debater as Douglas found ...
... believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . " Throughout the discussion he handled himself and his subject with masterful skill and ability . Even as ex- perienced and powerful a debater as Douglas found ...
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... believe in honest money , the gold and silver coinage of the Con- stitution , and a circulating medium convertible into such money without loss . " ' Equal and exact justice is demanded for all citizens of whatever nativity , race ...
... believe in honest money , the gold and silver coinage of the Con- stitution , and a circulating medium convertible into such money without loss . " ' Equal and exact justice is demanded for all citizens of whatever nativity , race ...
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Page 113 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 463 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of 'the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for...
Page 104 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 262 - Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Page 455 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 464 - Constitution: and the other of which acts exercises, in like manner, a power not delegated by the Constitution, but, on the contrary, expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto, — a power which, more than any other, ought to produce universal alarm, because it is levelled against...
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Page 457 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Page 304 - That, while providing revenue for the support of the General Government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country...
Page 39 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.