 As men, whose intentions require no concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood...  The Pacific Reporter - Page 91886Full view - About this book
 | James Schouler - Constitutional history - 1897 - 352 pages
...directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said." Marshall, CJ, in 9 Wheat, 1, J88. 6 Articles, in. other;" but here that... | |
 | J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1286 pages
...meaning. As Marshall, Chief Justice, says: 'The framers of the Constitution and the people who adopt it must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said.' This is but saying that no forced or unnatural construction is to be... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1898 - 528 pages
...Beardstown v. Virginia, 76 111. 34 ; Cooley, Const. Lim., 6th ed., p. 70, and cases cited. 2 The framer of the Constitution and the people who adopted it...employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they said." Marshall, CJ, in Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 188. See also Beardstown v.... | |
 | Law - 1898 - 402 pages
...directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution and the people who adopted it must be...employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said." We know of no reason for holding otherwise than that the words "direct... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - Constitutional law - 1898 - 702 pages
...directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our Constitution and the people who adopted it must be...employed words in their natural sense and to have intended what they have said." 9 Wheat., 1, 188. . . . We know of no reason for holding otherwise than... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1898 - 498 pages
...ed., p. 70, and cases cited. 2 The framer of the Constitution and the people who adopted it " must he understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they said." Marshall, C. J , in Gibbons v. Ogden. 9 Wheat. 1, 188. See also Beardstown... | |
 | Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate - 1899 - 994 pages
...shall consist of the necessary number of circuit judges." Mr. Chief Justice Marshall says: "The framers of the constitution and the people who adopted it...employed words in their natural sense and to have intended what they have said." The language employed authorizes the legislature to provide for the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1046 pages
...and astuteness are not admissible to explain away an expression of the sovereign will. The framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted It, must be understood to have intended the words employed in that sense most likely to arise from them on first reading them.' Doubtless,... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire - Bar associations - 1903 - 1012 pages
...not so when the language is clear. Then we must apply the general rule, that the statesmen who framed the constitution and the people who adopted it "must...employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said."1 One of the strongest illustrations of this principle is afforded by... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1900 - 778 pages
...directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our Constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. . . . We know of no rule for construing the extent of such powers, other... | |
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