 | 1834 - 778 pages
...restraint on the profession, avowal, or discussion of religious tenets, was in manifest hostility, not only to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States, but of the people in general, in every State. — P. 14. Again : — You may believe and profess that... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 446 pages
...Government, and a palpable violation of the inherent and inalienable rights of a free people; and contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. 3. Resolved, That the obvious and legitimate object of a written Constitution, is to define the powers... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...popular representation : to the self-etident truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence : to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States, and to the liberties of the whole people of all the free States." It was said by a great statesman... | |
 | John H. Gihon - History - 1857 - 348 pages
...to amounts to a denial of justice and a virtual suspension of " the great writ of liberty," contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections," are objectionable. Section llth, requiring certain... | |
 | John H. Gihon - Kansas - 1857 - 360 pages
...to amounts to a denial of justice and a virtual suspension of " the great writ of liberty," contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections," are objectionable. Section llth, requiring certain... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1858 - 800 pages
...to amounts to a denial of justice and a virtual suspension of "the great writ of liberty," contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections," are objectionable. Section llth, requiring certain... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - Legislators - 1858 - 472 pages
...popular representation ; to the self-evident truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence ; to the letter and spirit of the constitution of the United States itself: to the letter and spirit of the constitutions of almost all the states in the Union ; to the... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 452 pages
...popular representation; to the self-evident truths proclaimed in the Declaratiow of Independence ; to the letter and spirit of the constitution of the United States itself; to the fetter and spirit of the constitutions of almost all the states in the Union ; to the... | |
 | William O. Blake - Slave trade - 1857 - 934 pages
...to amounts to a denial of justice and a virtual suspension of "the great writ of liberty," contrary to the letter and spirit of the constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled "Elections," are objectionable. Section llth, requiring certain... | |
 | Marvin T. Wheat - African Americans - 1862 - 520 pages
...citizen of the State in question > and of all the other States, free or slave, were such according to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Hence, such State becomes a usurper of the sacred rights of the other States in imposing on them what... | |
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... contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections, 
