The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1750-1833. State sovereignty and slavery, 1889Callaghan, 1876 |
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... treaties of alli- ance generally are , to enforce compliance with their mutual stipulations ; and these once fulfilled , that bond was to expire of itself , and each state to become sovereign and independent in all things . " See also ...
... treaties of alli- ance generally are , to enforce compliance with their mutual stipulations ; and these once fulfilled , that bond was to expire of itself , and each state to become sovereign and independent in all things . " See also ...
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... treaties . Considering them as political beings , they were dumb , for they could not speak to any foreign sov . ereign whatever . They were deaf , for they could not hear any proposi tions from such sovereign . They had not even the ...
... treaties . Considering them as political beings , they were dumb , for they could not speak to any foreign sov . ereign whatever . They were deaf , for they could not hear any proposi tions from such sovereign . They had not even the ...
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... treaty of peace secured the na- tional life . Indeed , it would be more correct to say , that the most criti- cal period of the country's history embraced the time between 1783 and GROWTH OF CORRUPTION . 39 external pressure was removed ...
... treaty of peace secured the na- tional life . Indeed , it would be more correct to say , that the most criti- cal period of the country's history embraced the time between 1783 and GROWTH OF CORRUPTION . 39 external pressure was removed ...
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... treaty of peace and invaded the prerogatives of the confederacy , they will laugh in your face . " Marshall , Life of Wash . , II . , p . 108. Justice Story also says : " The requisitions of con- gress were openly derided . " Trescot ...
... treaty of peace and invaded the prerogatives of the confederacy , they will laugh in your face . " Marshall , Life of Wash . , II . , p . 108. Justice Story also says : " The requisitions of con- gress were openly derided . " Trescot ...
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... treaty would be observed , trans - Atlantic nations were little inclined to bind them- selves to anything.1 England had already experienced how little reliance was to be placed on the promises of congress . The terms of the treaty of ...
... treaty would be observed , trans - Atlantic nations were little inclined to bind them- selves to anything.1 England had already experienced how little reliance was to be placed on the promises of congress . The terms of the treaty of ...
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Страница 146 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 203 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Страница 420 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisatlantic affairs, America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe and peculiarly her own. She should therefore have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Страница 288 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Страница 159 - Every State shall abide by the determination of the United States, in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual...
Страница 151 - ... the General Assembly doth solemnly appeal to the like dispositions in the other states, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid are unconstitutional ; — and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each for co-operating with this state, in maintaining unimpaired the authorities, rights, and liberties, reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Страница 34 - England, Sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Страница 361 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Страница 146 - ... that the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its...
Страница 9 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.