Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1; Volume 17Gales and Seaton, 1852 - Law |
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... Constitution . They believe that the very pur- pose for which this power was given was to preserve the Legislature from the first approaches of infection . That it was made discretionary because it could not exist under the ...
... Constitution . They believe that the very pur- pose for which this power was given was to preserve the Legislature from the first approaches of infection . That it was made discretionary because it could not exist under the ...
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... Constitution ; and it de- served mature consideration , whether , on the present occasion , we were not about to transgress the bounds within which we ought to move . By the third section of the third article of that great charter of ...
... Constitution ; and it de- served mature consideration , whether , on the present occasion , we were not about to transgress the bounds within which we ought to move . By the third section of the third article of that great charter of ...
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... Constitution . It He said , that on a subject of so much delicacy , is certain that inconveniences of a serious kind do exist ; but had we not better bear them than run the risk of rendering them worse by tampering ? It would be ...
... Constitution . It He said , that on a subject of so much delicacy , is certain that inconveniences of a serious kind do exist ; but had we not better bear them than run the risk of rendering them worse by tampering ? It would be ...
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... Constitution and its amendments . The American Revolution was produced by the oppressions of a distant Gov- ernment , and in the formation of all the State constitutions which preceded that of the United States , the whole of which was ...
... Constitution and its amendments . The American Revolution was produced by the oppressions of a distant Gov- ernment , and in the formation of all the State constitutions which preceded that of the United States , the whole of which was ...
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... Constitution ? He said that from the best reflec- tions he had been able to bestow upon the sub- upon him , he had no doubt but Congress can and ought to do so . And since his reflections he had wondered that he ever had doubted the ...
... Constitution ? He said that from the best reflec- tions he had been able to bestow upon the sub- upon him , he had no doubt but Congress can and ought to do so . And since his reflections he had wondered that he ever had doubted the ...
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Page 753 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 355 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 147 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 753 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 883 - No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Page 355 - As soon as the senate shall meet after the first election to be held in pursuance of this constitution, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; of the second class at the expiration of the second year; and of the third class at the expiration of the third year ; so that one class may be elected every year : and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, the persons elected...
Page 355 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 745 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 79 - Congress above mentioned and an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed.
Page 705 - It is the- province of the court to judge, whether any direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would be sufficient to convict him of any crime, he is not bound to answer it, so as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such...