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... never hear but with veneration and love , from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection , and , in my flattering hopes , with an immutable decision , as the asylum of my declining years : a retreat which was rendered ...
... never hear but with veneration and love , from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection , and , in my flattering hopes , with an immutable decision , as the asylum of my declining years : a retreat which was rendered ...
Page 77
... never to impose direct taxes but where the moneys arising from the duties , impost , and excise are insufficient for the public exigencies , nor theu , until Congress shall have made a requisition upon the States to assess , levy , and ...
... never to impose direct taxes but where the moneys arising from the duties , impost , and excise are insufficient for the public exigencies , nor theu , until Congress shall have made a requisition upon the States to assess , levy , and ...
Page 173
... never , I am satisfied , furnish their enemies with weapons of destruction . A desultory conversation arose in the com- mittee respecting the propriety of receiving the motion at this time , when it was agreed to add on all window and ...
... never , I am satisfied , furnish their enemies with weapons of destruction . A desultory conversation arose in the com- mittee respecting the propriety of receiving the motion at this time , when it was agreed to add on all window and ...
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... never - ment of our improvement arrives , I shall be as theless , we are told it is proper to do it , and the well disposed to enter on that business as any public sentiment of our country is in favor of gentleman . At this time , it is ...
... never - ment of our improvement arrives , I shall be as theless , we are told it is proper to do it , and the well disposed to enter on that business as any public sentiment of our country is in favor of gentleman . At this time , it is ...
Page 223
... never be collect- ed ; the people conceiving it to be an unequal and unjust tax , will justify to themselves the illicit trade which you drive them into . Every individual will be interested to smuggle the article , and the extent of ...
... never be collect- ed ; the people conceiving it to be an unequal and unjust tax , will justify to themselves the illicit trade which you drive them into . Every individual will be interested to smuggle the article , and the extent of ...
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Page 9 - 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 3 - 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.
Page 27 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
Page 5 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
Page 5 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Page 9 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 845 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon a...
Page 29 - Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your, discernment and pursuit of the public good...
Page 3 - ... Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a...
Page 27 - And in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.