Division and Reunion, 1829-1889Longmans, Green, 1893 - 326 страници |
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... thousand immigrants are to be reckoned in the increase of nearly nine millions which took place between 1790 and 1830 ; but within that period the pace was set for the great migration into the interior of the continent . The west- ment ...
... thousand immigrants are to be reckoned in the increase of nearly nine millions which took place between 1790 and 1830 ; but within that period the pace was set for the great migration into the interior of the continent . The west- ment ...
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... thousand more votes had been cast for the Jackson electors than for those who had voted for Adams . No one of the candidates having received an absolute majority of the electoral vote , the election went into the House of ...
... thousand more votes had been cast for the Jackson electors than for those who had voted for Adams . No one of the candidates having received an absolute majority of the electoral vote , the election went into the House of ...
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... thousand . In 1828 the electors were voted for directly in every State , except Delaware and South Carolina . Jackson could claim with sufficient plausibility that the popular will had at last been vindicated . That the people are ...
... thousand . In 1828 the electors were voted for directly in every State , except Delaware and South Carolina . Jackson could claim with sufficient plausibility that the popular will had at last been vindicated . That the people are ...
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... thousand removals from office had already taken place , as against seventy - three at most for all previous administrations put together ; and John Quincy Adams uttered a very common judg- ment when he wrote in his Journal : " Very few ...
... thousand removals from office had already taken place , as against seventy - three at most for all previous administrations put together ; and John Quincy Adams uttered a very common judg- ment when he wrote in his Journal : " Very few ...
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... thousands ; but the fears that had been felt had seemed idle and exaggerated in the presence of the steady conserva- tism and integrity of the Presidents hitherto in the ex- ercise of their removing power . Now , at length , how- ever ...
... thousands ; but the fears that had been felt had seemed idle and exaggerated in the presence of the steady conserva- tism and integrity of the Presidents hitherto in the ex- ercise of their removing power . Now , at length , how- ever ...
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Страница 61 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Страница 105 - Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks, among them, like something that is more noble and liberal.
Страница 206 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Страница 210 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Страница 46 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Страница 83 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Страница 73 - The charter of the Bank of the United States expires in 1836, and its stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from precipitancy in a measure involving such important principles and such deep pecuniary interests...
Страница 61 - 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.