We and Our History: A Biography of the American PeopleAmerican Viewpoint Society, Incorporated, 1923 - 319 pages |
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... republican form of government . ( 3 ) The third belt is the long and wide slope from the Missis- sippi River up to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains . West of central Kansas and Nebraska the rainfall is light , and there are large ...
... republican form of government . ( 3 ) The third belt is the long and wide slope from the Missis- sippi River up to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains . West of central Kansas and Nebraska the rainfall is light , and there are large ...
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... Republicans ac- cepted them . The great point was that Marshall , and the Supreme Court with him , laid down the great doctrine of " implied pow- ers " -that is , for instance , that since Congress had the power to borrow money it might ...
... Republicans ac- cepted them . The great point was that Marshall , and the Supreme Court with him , laid down the great doctrine of " implied pow- ers " -that is , for instance , that since Congress had the power to borrow money it might ...
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... Republicans ( 1793-1805 ) can In a free country where people vote according to their wishes , they are sure to gather ... Republican ог sometimes the Democratic party . In 1796 came the first party election in the National Govern- ment ...
... Republicans ( 1793-1805 ) can In a free country where people vote according to their wishes , they are sure to gather ... Republican ог sometimes the Democratic party . In 1796 came the first party election in the National Govern- ment ...
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... Republican news- papers . In 1800 the Republicans for the first time had a majority and Thomas Jefferson became Presi- dent . This seemed to the Federalists like the end of the world . But Jefferson aimed to be President of the whole ...
... Republican news- papers . In 1800 the Republicans for the first time had a majority and Thomas Jefferson became Presi- dent . This seemed to the Federalists like the end of the world . But Jefferson aimed to be President of the whole ...
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... Republican parties died out after the War of 1812 , because the Federalists and the Republi- cans found that they believed in about the same things . Monroe , elected Presi- dent in 1816 , was re - elected in 1820 with only one vote ...
... Republican parties died out after the War of 1812 , because the Federalists and the Republi- cans found that they believed in about the same things . Monroe , elected Presi- dent in 1816 , was re - elected in 1820 with only one vote ...
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Page 283 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 93 - ... with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 255 - German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
Page 285 - Delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of...
Page 285 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
Page 295 - 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 encreased 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 49 - I cross'd these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line, and in its proper column...
Page 285 - To all to whom these presents shall come, we the undersigned delegates of the states affixed to our names send greeting: WHEREAS the delegates of the United States of America...
Page 65 - The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that, contrary to the order of human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
Page 281 - ... presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for the generall good of the Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.