The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... taken in its common and popular sense ; in that sense in which the people may be supposed to have understood it , when they rati- fied the Constitution . This is the true rule of interpretation . And I may remark , that it is always a ...
... taken in its common and popular sense ; in that sense in which the people may be supposed to have understood it , when they rati- fied the Constitution . This is the true rule of interpretation . And I may remark , that it is always a ...
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... taken place ; a case of bankruptcy has arisen , whether there be a law providing for it or not . There may be bankruptcies , or cases of bankruptcy , where there are no bankrupt laws existing . Or bankrupt laws may exist , which shall ...
... taken place ; a case of bankruptcy has arisen , whether there be a law providing for it or not . There may be bankruptcies , or cases of bankruptcy , where there are no bankrupt laws existing . Or bankrupt laws may exist , which shall ...
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... taken place before 1789 , and other changes , and very important changes , have taken place since . The system is now greatly simplified and improved , and it is also made much more extensive as to those whom it embraces . It is hardly ...
... taken place before 1789 , and other changes , and very important changes , have taken place since . The system is now greatly simplified and improved , and it is also made much more extensive as to those whom it embraces . It is hardly ...
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... taken to be traders within the acts . This list they extend , from time to time ; and whenever any one included within the list becomes a voluntary bankrupt , he avers , in substance , that he is a trader , within the act of Parliament ...
... taken to be traders within the acts . This list they extend , from time to time ; and whenever any one included within the list becomes a voluntary bankrupt , he avers , in substance , that he is a trader , within the act of Parliament ...
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... taken from the States , and placed in our hands . It is true that it has been decided , that , in regard to contracts entered into after the passage of any State bankrupt law , between the citizens of the State having such law , and ...
... taken from the States , and placed in our hands . It is true that it has been decided , that , in regard to contracts entered into after the passage of any State bankrupt law , between the citizens of the State having such law , and ...
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Page 488 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
Page 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.
Page 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Page 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next ' hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Page vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Page 362 - Union which is every day felt among us with so much joy and gratitude. What is to become of the army ? What is to become of the navy? What is to become of the public lands? How is each of the thirty States to defend itself?
Page 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.