Speeches, Arguments, and Miscellaneous Papers of David Dudley Field, Volume 2D. Appleton, 1884 - Law |
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... Constitution is indissoluble ; and no State can secede from the Union , or nullify an act of Congress , or absolve its citizens from their paramount obligations of obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States . " These ...
... Constitution is indissoluble ; and no State can secede from the Union , or nullify an act of Congress , or absolve its citizens from their paramount obligations of obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States . " These ...
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... Constitution for a peo- ple , on which so much of their happiness depends , requires the sublimest effort of the human intellect , the greatest impartiality in weighing opposing interests , the utmost calmness in judg- ment , the ...
... Constitution for a peo- ple , on which so much of their happiness depends , requires the sublimest effort of the human intellect , the greatest impartiality in weighing opposing interests , the utmost calmness in judg- ment , the ...
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... constitutional provisions ? No ! Look at the details of your scheme . You propose through the Constitution to require payment for fugitive slaves - to make the North pay for them . You are thus throwing a lighted fire- brand not only ...
... constitutional provisions ? No ! Look at the details of your scheme . You propose through the Constitution to require payment for fugitive slaves - to make the North pay for them . You are thus throwing a lighted fire- brand not only ...
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... constitutions or dynasties . You might as well put your hands over the crater of a burning volcano , and seek thus to extinguish its flames , as to attempt to stop discussion by such an amendment of the Constitution . Stop discussion of ...
... constitutions or dynasties . You might as well put your hands over the crater of a burning volcano , and seek thus to extinguish its flames , as to attempt to stop discussion by such an amendment of the Constitution . Stop discussion of ...
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... Constitution you must expect that they will be subjected to a critical exam- ination ; if not here , certainly elsewhere . I object to those proposed by the majority of the committee- 1. For what they do contain . 2. For what they do ...
... Constitution you must expect that they will be subjected to a critical exam- ination ; if not here , certainly elsewhere . I object to those proposed by the majority of the committee- 1. For what they do contain . 2. For what they do ...
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Page 49 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 194 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 194 - But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist...
Page 361 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 52 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 157 - The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 285 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 169 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 9 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 69 - ... before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: " I do solemnly swear (or affirm...