Republican Campaign Edition for the Million: Containing the Republican Platform, the Lives of Fremont and Dayton, with Beautiful Steel Portraits of Each, and Their Letters of Acceptance. Also, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United StatesJ.P. Jewett, 1856 - 68 pages |
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... expedition in search of the lost and almost forgotten landmarks of the Constitu- tion , is still a young man . His father , who died when he was a child , was a Frenchman , his mother a Virginian . He was born at Savannah on the 21st of ...
... expedition in search of the lost and almost forgotten landmarks of the Constitu- tion , is still a young man . His father , who died when he was a child , was a Frenchman , his mother a Virginian . He was born at Savannah on the 21st of ...
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... the employ of the United States , in an exploring expedition over the north - western prairies . He was employed in this survey , in which he acted as principal assistant , during the years 1838 and 1839 , 10 JOHN CHARLES FREMONT .
... the employ of the United States , in an exploring expedition over the north - western prairies . He was employed in this survey , in which he acted as principal assistant , during the years 1838 and 1839 , 10 JOHN CHARLES FREMONT .
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... expeditions . This expedition , which occupied about five months , re- sulted in the exploration of the famous South Pass across the Rocky Mountains , and in the ascent by Fremont and four of his men of the Wind River Peak , the highest ...
... expeditions . This expedition , which occupied about five months , re- sulted in the exploration of the famous South Pass across the Rocky Mountains , and in the ascent by Fremont and four of his men of the Wind River Peak , the highest ...
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... expedition in the spring of 1845 , Fremont , now a captain , set out on a third expedition designed to make a more particular survey of the regions which he had pre- viously visited . It was while engaged in this ex- pedition , and ...
... expedition in the spring of 1845 , Fremont , now a captain , set out on a third expedition designed to make a more particular survey of the regions which he had pre- viously visited . It was while engaged in this ex- pedition , and ...
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... expedition of his own , with a view to discover a passage across the Rocky Moun- tains southerly of the South Pass , near the head of the Arkansas , which might serve the purpose of a railroad communication with California . started ...
... expedition of his own , with a view to discover a passage across the Rocky Moun- tains southerly of the South Pass , near the head of the Arkansas , which might serve the purpose of a railroad communication with California . started ...
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Page 14 - House, they shall not be questioned in any other place. 2. No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time ; and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.
Page 13 - 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 16 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 18 - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Page 18 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. 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,...
Page 32 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 22 - United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 19 - Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the...
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Page 21 - The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within...