 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 640 страници
...into the work itself, because it will be destructive of the whole fabric. We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such...by comparing it with a law. Would any Legislature endeavor to introduce into a former act a subsequent amendment, and let them stand so connected ? When... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 708 страници
...endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, AUGUST 13, 1789.] Jlmtndmmls to the Constitution. [H. OF R. as to incorporate such heterogeneous articles; the...by comparing it with a law. Would any Legislature endeavor to introduce into a furnier act a subsequent amendment, and let them stand so connected? When... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - 1846 - 900 страници
...executive portion of it needed organization, as well as the business of the revenue, and of the judiciary. His endeavours, however, to postpone the consideration...an alteration is made in an act, it is done by way o¥ supplement ; the latter act always repealing the former in every specified case of difference."... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 828 страници
...into the work itself, because it will be destructive of the whole fabric. We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such...by comparing it with a law. Would any legislature endeavor to introduce into a former act a subsequent amendment, and let them stand so connected? When... | |
 | David Kemper Watson - 1910 - 1140 страници
...into the work itself, because it will be destructive of the whole fabric. We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron and clay as to incorporate such...absurdity will be discovered by comparing it with the law. Would any Legislature endeavor to introduce into a former act a subsequent amendment, and... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1937 - 1040 страници
...proposed statements of rights into the work it might destroy the whole fabric. We might as well try to mix brass, iron, and clay as to incorporate such heterogeneous articles. SEVERAL VOICES [Calling ad lib from various distances. ] Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! [Fade.]... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1938 - 1270 страници
...proposed statements of rights into the work it might destroy the whole fabric. We might as well try to mix brass, iron. and clay as to incorporate such heterogeneous articles. Several Voices [Calling ad lib from various distances.] Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! [Fade.]... | |
 | United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission - 1941 - 904 страници
...this in the committee of the whole, as destructive of the whole fabric: "We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such...heterogeneous articles; the one contradictory to the other. . . . it is questionable whether we have the right to propose amendments in this way. The constitution... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 страници
...staunch opponent of a bill of rights, opposed this interweaving, arguing, "We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such heterogeneous articles." Congressman James Jackson of Georgia, another opponent of a bill of rights, advocated "that the original... | |
 | Wayne D. Moore - 1998 - 312 страници
...of integrating them into the original text. He reportedly argued that "[w]e might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such...heterogeneous articles; the one contradictory to the other." He characterized the original text as "the act of the- people" and suggested that it "ought to remain... | |
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We ought not to interweave our propositions into the work itself, because it will be destructive of the whole fabric. We might as well endeavor to mix brass, iron, and clay, as to incorporate such heterogeneous articles ; the one contradictory to the... 