Speeches in the Senate of the United States. Miscellaneous speeches. AppendixLittle, Brown, 1862 - Lawyers |
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... liberty ; and whose more habitual and more ardent affections were tow- ards the States . They wrote to allay fears of its extent ; to diminish the sense of the change it wrought ; to bring down the exaggerated features , which timidity ...
... liberty ; and whose more habitual and more ardent affections were tow- ards the States . They wrote to allay fears of its extent ; to diminish the sense of the change it wrought ; to bring down the exaggerated features , which timidity ...
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... liberty , are soon to merge in centralization and monarchy . Let this proposition , then , be examined . It is admitted by everybody that the Constitution holds out the Union under the general government , for all purposes of foreign ...
... liberty , are soon to merge in centralization and monarchy . Let this proposition , then , be examined . It is admitted by everybody that the Constitution holds out the Union under the general government , for all purposes of foreign ...
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... liberty , from that to the supreme court , it might be objected that it communicated original jurisdiction to the supreme court . But it does no such thing . Surely it is not meant to be said that the juris- diction which it does give ...
... liberty , from that to the supreme court , it might be objected that it communicated original jurisdiction to the supreme court . But it does no such thing . Surely it is not meant to be said that the juris- diction which it does give ...
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... liberty , arose the discussions which preceded the war , and the war itself . Now , what I ask you particularly to remark is , that , in all the stages and in all the forms of this controversy ; a controversy extending over twenty years ...
... liberty , arose the discussions which preceded the war , and the war itself . Now , what I ask you particularly to remark is , that , in all the stages and in all the forms of this controversy ; a controversy extending over twenty years ...
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... liberty , the writer , ( page 33 , ) says : - " It appears to me that there is a clear and necessary distinction be- tween an act imposing a tax for the single purpose of revenue , and those acts which have been made for the regulation ...
... liberty , the writer , ( page 33 , ) says : - " It appears to me that there is a clear and necessary distinction be- tween an act imposing a tax for the single purpose of revenue , and those acts which have been made for the regulation ...
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Page 182 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 390 - If discord and disunion shall wound it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last,...
Page 81 - Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, for the purpose of raising a revenue, by act of Parliament...
Page 125 - 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 harbours, 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 436 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 32 - ... all cases in which foreigners may be interested; in the construction of any treaty or treaties, or which may arise on any of the acts for the regulation of trade, or the collection of the Federal revenue...
Page 56 - And shall also have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, or the Circuit Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only in violation of the law of nations, or a treaty of the United States.
Page 22 - It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation.
Page 46 - ... The people have declared that, in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire. — for some purposes sovereign, for...
Page 369 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.