The True Republican: Containing the ... Addresses ... and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1845 ... to which is Annexed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments and Signers & Names ...J.L. Gibon, 1854 - 488 páginas |
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... Secretary of the Treasury , will , as usual , be laid before you . The success which has at- tended the late sales of the public lands shows that , with attention , they may be made an important source of re- ceipt . Among the payments ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , will , as usual , be laid before you . The success which has at- tended the late sales of the public lands shows that , with attention , they may be made an important source of re- ceipt . Among the payments ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury , now laid before you , were transmitted to the collectors of the several ports . If , in permitting British vessels to depart without giving bonds not to proceed to their own ports , it should appear that the ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , now laid before you , were transmitted to the collectors of the several ports . If , in permitting British vessels to depart without giving bonds not to proceed to their own ports , it should appear that the ...
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... Secretary of War , it will be seen that the fortifications on our mari- time frontier are in many of the ports completed , affording the defence which was contemplated ; and that a further time will be required to render complete the ...
... Secretary of War , it will be seen that the fortifications on our mari- time frontier are in many of the ports completed , affording the defence which was contemplated ; and that a further time will be required to render complete the ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury . As the object which it had in view has been but partially accomplished , it will be for the consi- deration of Congress , whether the power with which it clothed the executive should not be renewed at an ...
... Secretary of the Treasury . As the object which it had in view has been but partially accomplished , it will be for the consi- deration of Congress , whether the power with which it clothed the executive should not be renewed at an ...
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... Secretary of War , and the accompa- nying documents , herewith communicated . The organi- zation and discipline of the army are effective and satis- factory . To counteract the prevalence of desertion among the troops , it has been ...
... Secretary of War , and the accompa- nying documents , herewith communicated . The organi- zation and discipline of the army are effective and satis- factory . To counteract the prevalence of desertion among the troops , it has been ...
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Página 130 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 9 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Página 26 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. 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 quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should...
Página 70 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon...
Página 27 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 23 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Página 25 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...
Página 132 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Página 57 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Página 24 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small, but artful and enterprising minority of the community : and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans, digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...