A History of the American NationD. Appleton, 1908 - 594 pages |
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... government . the other hand , were in the power of a com- mercial company , made up of men who desired indeed to found a colony , but wished also to reap their reward in wealth . The settlers had no share in the government ; all local ...
... government . the other hand , were in the power of a com- mercial company , made up of men who desired indeed to found a colony , but wished also to reap their reward in wealth . The settlers had no share in the government ; all local ...
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... government in the New World . * Sandys and Southampton , who were chiefly influential in bringing about this great change , should be honored among the fathers of American liberty . The first Assembly in America , July , 1619 . In 1619 ...
... government in the New World . * Sandys and Southampton , who were chiefly influential in bringing about this great change , should be honored among the fathers of American liberty . The first Assembly in America , July , 1619 . In 1619 ...
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... government . Bacon's followers were in large measure the poorer people , " Ye scum of the country , " as they were called by the aristocrats . Although other less serious uprisings followed in the course of a few years , the failure of ...
... government . Bacon's followers were in large measure the poorer people , " Ye scum of the country , " as they were called by the aristocrats . Although other less serious uprisings followed in the course of a few years , the failure of ...
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... government and trial by jury thus became in the new hemisphere an ac- knowledged right . On this ordinance Virginia erected the superstructure of her liberties . " It furnished , too , a model for later government throughout the ...
... government and trial by jury thus became in the new hemisphere an ac- knowledged right . On this ordinance Virginia erected the superstructure of her liberties . " It furnished , too , a model for later government throughout the ...
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... government . Bacon's followers were in large measure the poorer people , " Ye scum of the country , " as they were called by the aristocrats . Although other less serious uprisings followed in the course of a few years , the failure of ...
... government . Bacon's followers were in large measure the poorer people , " Ye scum of the country , " as they were called by the aristocrats . Although other less serious uprisings followed in the course of a few years , the failure of ...
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Page 142 - We know, that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils.
Page 556 - ... 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Page 544 - SECT. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Page 235 - ... the powers of the Federal 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...
Page 502 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 306 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject ; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution deceived you; they could not have been deceived themselves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they know that such opposition must be repelled. Their object is disunion. But be not deceived by names. Disunion by armed force is treason.
Page 439 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 164 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 235 - ... 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 maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 543 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.