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Page xvii
... Virginia Roulins McMillan , Mr. Memorial of the president of the National Fraternal Congress relative to the taxation of the income of fraternal socie- ties . McMillan , Mr. Resolution relative to bills chartering new street railroad ...
... Virginia Roulins McMillan , Mr. Memorial of the president of the National Fraternal Congress relative to the taxation of the income of fraternal socie- ties . McMillan , Mr. Resolution relative to bills chartering new street railroad ...
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... Virginia . Resolution relative to claim of , and Eliza H. Gerger 155 5 22 1 66 1 255 5 Rules of the Senate . Resolution by Mr. Blackburn relative to the Rules of the Senate . revision of the . Rules of the Senate . Gray to the .. Rules ...
... Virginia . Resolution relative to claim of , and Eliza H. Gerger 155 5 22 1 66 1 255 5 Rules of the Senate . Resolution by Mr. Blackburn relative to the Rules of the Senate . revision of the . Rules of the Senate . Gray to the .. Rules ...
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... Virginia , the oldest English colony in America , was at first under military government , it was allowed the privi- lege of a legislative assembly in 1619 under the commission of Governor Yeardley . This , the first legislative ...
... Virginia , the oldest English colony in America , was at first under military government , it was allowed the privi- lege of a legislative assembly in 1619 under the commission of Governor Yeardley . This , the first legislative ...
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... Virginia , and West Virginia ; 3 of English manufacture or individual - Indiana , Rhode Island , and Wash- ington ; and 21 aboriginal or Indian , viz : Alabama , Arkan- sas , Connecticut , Idaho , Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky ...
... Virginia , and West Virginia ; 3 of English manufacture or individual - Indiana , Rhode Island , and Wash- ington ; and 21 aboriginal or Indian , viz : Alabama , Arkan- sas , Connecticut , Idaho , Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky ...
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... Virginia , undoubtedly reflected the sentiment of the majority of the people . The clause recognizing property in slaves is as mild as language could make it . There is noth- ing mandatory about it . The escaping fugitive " may be law ...
... Virginia , undoubtedly reflected the sentiment of the majority of the people . The clause recognizing property in slaves is as mild as language could make it . There is noth- ing mandatory about it . The escaping fugitive " may be law ...
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Page 185 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 172 - Men being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
Page 301 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Page 224 - ... your collectors and comptrollers, and of all the slaves that adhered to them. Such would, and, in no long time, must be, the effect of attempting to forbid as a crime, and to suppress as an evil, the command and blessing of Providence,
Page 200 - American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character.
Page 137 - Gladstone, a not too friendly critic, has said that " as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Page 235 - Resolved therefore, that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases.
Page 227 - What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States directly, and to the nations of Europe more remotely.
Page 315 - The governor shall not lay any taxes or ympositions upon the colony, their lands or commodities, other way than by the authority of the general assembly, to be levyed and ymployed as the said assembly shall appoynt.
Page 382 - Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.