| Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 864 pages
...been treated by the United States as questions of fact only ; and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest...not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from unworthy motives." There are rules prescribed for the political departments, but they... | |
| United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) - Jackson, Andrew - 1837 - 464 pages
...questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them nntil the clearest evidence was in their possession, to...not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation. In all the contests that have arisen out of the Revolution... | |
| United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) - Presidents - 1837 - 460 pages
...questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them nntil the clearest evidence was in their possession, to enable them, not only to decide correctly,but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation. In all the contests that have... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1842 - 794 pages
...have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest...not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation. In all the contests that have arisen out of the revolutions... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 422 pages
...have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest...not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions fr«m every unworthy imputation. In all the contests that have arisen out of the revolutions... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
...new world, have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and they have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them, until the clearest evidence was in their possession to enable them to decide correctly." It was further observed by the American Secretary of State, (Mr. Forsyth,) in... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1853 - 544 pages
...have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest...not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation. In all the contests that have arisen out of the revolutions... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1854 - 714 pages
...have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and they have cautiously abstained_ from deciding upon them, until the clearest evidence was in their possession to enable them to decide correctly." It was further observed by the American Secretary of State, (Mr. Forsyth,) in... | |
| Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - International law - 1855 - 938 pages
...have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them, until the clearest...shield their decision from every unworthy imputation. la all the contests that have arisen out of the revolutions of France, out of the § n. inter- The... | |
| Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - International law - 1855 - 942 pages
...as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon tiem, until the clearest evidence was in their possession, to enable them not only to detide correctly, but to shield their decision from every unworthy imputation. In all the contests... | |
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