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" ... there be no limitation either in the manner or measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case... "
Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session - Page 10
by United States. Congress. House
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 2; Volume 10; Volume 59

United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 736 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that particular case only, and dies with it. When a new and even n similar case arises, the judgment which...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 2; Volume 10; Volume 59

United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 734 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that particular case only, and dies with it. When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it. When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply...
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A Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberative Bodies

Joel Barlow Sutherland - Parliamentary practice - 1830 - 404 pages
...be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines will prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it. When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply...
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Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections - Contested elections - 1834 - 1078 pages
...failure, and sitting msm- they decided not to " receive any evidence on that point ;" >cr,co mm . ^jj besides is to be considered argument. It might be...extra-judicial remarks in the cited precedent case are of such dangerous measure as to place States in a humiliating predicament. The freemen, in their...
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Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections - Contested elections - 1834 - 1114 pages
...continued. ,, i ., . , .. , J , . , , r , . all besides is to be considered argument, it might be lope in that peculiar case. There is, however, an important...extra-judicial remarks in the cited precedent case are of such dangerous measure as to place States in a humiliate predicament. The freemen, in their...
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A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: Composed Originally for the Use of the ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1837 - 202 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply,...
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A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House ...

Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 560 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it. When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply...
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Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York for the Year ...

New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1853 - 476 pages
...perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it. When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply,...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Miscellaneous: 4. Parliamentary manual; 5 ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 612 pages
...perilous indeed. 'Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it . When a new and even a similar case arises, the judgment which is to make, and at the same time apply,...
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