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It would seem to be plain enough , that , without constitutional provisions which
should be fixed and certain , such a department ... The constitution being the
supreme law , it follows of course , that every act of the legislature , contrary to
that law ...
It would seem to be plain enough , that , without constitutional provisions which
should be fixed and certain , such a department ... The constitution being the
supreme law , it follows of course , that every act of the legislature , contrary to
that law ...
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If this constitution , sir , be the creature of state legislatures , it must be admitted
that it has obtained a strange control over the volitions of its creators . The people
, then , sir , erected this government . They gave it a constitution , and in that ...
If this constitution , sir , be the creature of state legislatures , it must be admitted
that it has obtained a strange control over the volitions of its creators . The people
, then , sir , erected this government . They gave it a constitution , and in that ...
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23 I have admitted , that , if the constitution were to be considered as the creature
of the state governments , it might be modified , interpreted , or construed ,
according to their pleasure . But , even in that case , it would be necessary that
they ...
23 I have admitted , that , if the constitution were to be considered as the creature
of the state governments , it might be modified , interpreted , or construed ,
according to their pleasure . But , even in that case , it would be necessary that
they ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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| Title | Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1 Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Daniel Webster |
| Author | Daniel Webster |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | Tappan & Dennet, 1843 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2007 |
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