The Constitution of the United States, Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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... passed the House of Represent- atives and the Senate shall , before it become a law , be pre- sented to the President of the United States ; if he approve he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his objections , to that ...
... passed the House of Represent- atives and the Senate shall , before it become a law , be pre- sented to the President of the United States ; if he approve he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his objections , to that ...
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... passed . No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken . No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State . No preference shall be ...
... passed . No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken . No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State . No preference shall be ...
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... passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the ex- penses of the said office ; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States , excepting regimental officers ; appointing all the officers of ...
... passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the ex- penses of the said office ; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States , excepting regimental officers ; appointing all the officers of ...
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... passed an act , January 30 , 1781 , empowering her delegates to ratify the articles , which was accordingly done on the 1st of March . Congress assembled on the 2d of March under the new powers . 66 The circular letter from Congress ...
... passed an act , January 30 , 1781 , empowering her delegates to ratify the articles , which was accordingly done on the 1st of March . Congress assembled on the 2d of March under the new powers . 66 The circular letter from Congress ...
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... passed . The parts struck out by Congress are inclosed in brackets and printed in italics , and the amendments are indi- cated at the bottom of the page . A UNITED DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATES OF AMERICA , IN GENERAL ...
... passed . The parts struck out by Congress are inclosed in brackets and printed in italics , and the amendments are indi- cated at the bottom of the page . A UNITED DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATES OF AMERICA , IN GENERAL ...
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Page 2 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 3 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those, who in any quarter may endeavour to weaken its bands.
Page 7 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states in the congress of the united states assembled, is requisite.
Page 7 - From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be 8 quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 11 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented....
Page 5 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 2 - South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 7 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 1 - Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution which is the work of your hands may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that in fine, the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the...
Page 3 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.