Sketch of the Life and Public Services of Hon. James Hillhouse of New Haven: With a Notice of His Son, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse1860 - 572 páginas |
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... thoughts ; and that the powers of that office were too great to be committed to any other man . Such considerations , long cherished , led him to propose , in April , 1808 , certain amendments . to the constitution , aiming at a radical ...
... thoughts ; and that the powers of that office were too great to be committed to any other man . Such considerations , long cherished , led him to propose , in April , 1808 , certain amendments . to the constitution , aiming at a radical ...
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... thought imaginary . I feel disposed to take refuge under some less turbulent and less dangerous mode of choosing the chief magistrate , and my mind suggests none less objectionable than that you have proposed . We shall no longer be ...
... thought imaginary . I feel disposed to take refuge under some less turbulent and less dangerous mode of choosing the chief magistrate , and my mind suggests none less objectionable than that you have proposed . We shall no longer be ...
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... thought than of that one man to undertake the arduous work . Accordingly , when Mr. Hillhouse returned from Wash- ington , after the adjournment of Congress , ( which took place that year on the first of May ) he was met by a call to ...
... thought than of that one man to undertake the arduous work . Accordingly , when Mr. Hillhouse returned from Wash- ington , after the adjournment of Congress , ( which took place that year on the first of May ) he was met by a call to ...
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... thought that the time was at hand when railways would be constructed for the convenience of commerce along the shores of navigable waters , when the whole extent of the Union , from Maine to Louisiana , would be overspread with a ...
... thought that the time was at hand when railways would be constructed for the convenience of commerce along the shores of navigable waters , when the whole extent of the Union , from Maine to Louisiana , would be overspread with a ...
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... thought and man- ners . His ordinary colloquial discourse , often humorous , often full of the most interesting personal reminiscences , always instruc- tive , was enriched with quaint New England idioms and homely Connecticut proverbs ...
... thought and man- ners . His ordinary colloquial discourse , often humorous , often full of the most interesting personal reminiscences , always instruc- tive , was enriched with quaint New England idioms and homely Connecticut proverbs ...
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Página 20 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Página 20 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by threefourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, viz.
Página 21 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Página 30 - Sherman, in a paper which he drew up with the expectation that it would be presented to the legislature. According to that well-considered statement, in which every word was measured with the accuracy so characteristic of the author, the Fund, in 1810, "had so diminished in value as to excite in the minds of the people a serious apprehension that in a few years it would become comparatively useless, if not utterly extinct. It consisted chiefly of the debts due from the original purchasers of the...
Página 23 - I should not have proposed this mode," said he, " if any other could have been devised which would not convulse the whole body politic, set wide open the door to intrigue and cabal, and bring upon the nation incalculable evils, evils already felt, and growing more and more...
Página 20 - The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; of the second class at the expiration of the second year; of the third class at the expiration of the third year; and of the fourth class at the expiration of the fourth year; so that one-fourth may be chosen every year.