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AN human usurpations like those of earthly eruptions , are at last overcome by
divine nature . The devil provided with all the partial means of man , by the
flattering temptations of man , to make property of each other , gradually rises
even a ...
AN human usurpations like those of earthly eruptions , are at last overcome by
divine nature . The devil provided with all the partial means of man , by the
flattering temptations of man , to make property of each other , gradually rises
even a ...
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Evil habits which gather by unseen degrees , to the highest human extreme , are
overthrown by the most apparent calamity , the decomposing of the human
samily , into parts and parties by the aristocrats , and recombining them back to
union ...
Evil habits which gather by unseen degrees , to the highest human extreme , are
overthrown by the most apparent calamity , the decomposing of the human
samily , into parts and parties by the aristocrats , and recombining them back to
union ...
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Because human power is natural destruction to the liberties of man ; therefore
when gathered under the defiance of one head , it ought to be dispersed , for
human power was never God , and no one else is the fountain of good than God ,
of ...
Because human power is natural destruction to the liberties of man ; therefore
when gathered under the defiance of one head , it ought to be dispersed , for
human power was never God , and no one else is the fountain of good than God ,
of ...
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And for roads compacts of sel6 m pafsions , prejudice and private interest of the
Social few of aristocracy , and falsely called government , when in reality it is
nothing else but human rebellion and lies , and the want of that sacred thing ...
And for roads compacts of sel6 m pafsions , prejudice and private interest of the
Social few of aristocracy , and falsely called government , when in reality it is
nothing else but human rebellion and lies , and the want of that sacred thing ...
Page 484
The shore ' s edge of unbroken boundary , as a barrier to British inroads of
invasion , cannot be avoided for our security against an unrestrained human
power , let loose to float above the vortex of universal reach , with no balance to
retard its ...
The shore ' s edge of unbroken boundary , as a barrier to British inroads of
invasion , cannot be avoided for our security against an unrestrained human
power , let loose to float above the vortex of universal reach , with no balance to
retard its ...
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Page 470 - Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment according to Law.
Page 478 - The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States...
Page 471 - They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to or returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Page 479 - The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Page 478 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity, arising under this constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 436 - ... and means whatsoever, all and every such person and persons as shall at any time hereafter, in a hostile manner...
Page 359 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 303 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 469 - ... into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall he vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that...
Page 349 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence—the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
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| Title | The Columbian Union: Consisting of General and Particular Explanations of Government and the Columbian Constitution |
| Author | Simon Willard |
| Publisher | author, 1814 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 487 pages |
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