History of the United StatesMacmillan, 1921 - 663 pages |
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... popular assembly . It is true that in the provision for popular elections , the suf- frage was finally restricted to property owners or taxpayers , with a leaning toward the freehold qualification . In Virginia , the rural voter had to ...
... popular assembly . It is true that in the provision for popular elections , the suf- frage was finally restricted to property owners or taxpayers , with a leaning toward the freehold qualification . In Virginia , the rural voter had to ...
Page 52
... popular character of the assemblies increased as they became engaged in battles with the royal and proprietary gov- ernors . When called upon by the executive to make provision for the support of the administration , the legislature ...
... popular character of the assemblies increased as they became engaged in battles with the royal and proprietary gov- ernors . When called upon by the executive to make provision for the support of the administration , the legislature ...
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... popular assemblies , jealous of their individ- ual powers , compelled coöperation among them , grudging and stingy no doubt , but still coöperation . The American people , more eager to be busy in their fields or at their trades , were ...
... popular assemblies , jealous of their individ- ual powers , compelled coöperation among them , grudging and stingy no doubt , but still coöperation . The American people , more eager to be busy in their fields or at their trades , were ...
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... popular privileges in Boston or Charleston had no ground to complain of the exercise of per- sonal prerogatives by the king . Moreover , during a large part of this period , the direction of affairs was in the hands of an astute leader ...
... popular privileges in Boston or Charleston had no ground to complain of the exercise of per- sonal prerogatives by the king . Moreover , during a large part of this period , the direction of affairs was in the hands of an astute leader ...
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... popular phrase : " Born and educated in this country , I glory in the name of Briton . " Macaulay , the English historian , certainly of no liking for high royal prerogative , said of George : " The young king was a born Englishman ...
... popular phrase : " Born and educated in this country , I glory in the name of Briton . " Macaulay , the English historian , certainly of no liking for high royal prerogative , said of George : " The young king was a born Englishman ...
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Page 618 - Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all...
Page 621 - ... 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.
Page 631 - SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. SECTION 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 631 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 619 - 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 491 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 180 - 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 470 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 624 - United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good...
Page 620 - 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...