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... never knew it refused . In a great and free em- pire , like the United States , this question is of the highest importance - no less than the choice of the First Magistrate . It is laid upon the table to- day , and we are to determine ...
... never knew it refused . In a great and free em- pire , like the United States , this question is of the highest importance - no less than the choice of the First Magistrate . It is laid upon the table to- day , and we are to determine ...
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... never been done the precedent conditions not having been performed on the part of France . This royal order , it is probable , will be handed over to our Commissioner , or to whoever may be sent down to receive possession . We may then ...
... never been done the precedent conditions not having been performed on the part of France . This royal order , it is probable , will be handed over to our Commissioner , or to whoever may be sent down to receive possession . We may then ...
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... never and the laws of the United States made in pursu- heard there was to be any opposition , but the re - ance thereof , and all treaties made , or which shall verse . I have never heard the number of troops that are intended to take ...
... never and the laws of the United States made in pursu- heard there was to be any opposition , but the re - ance thereof , and all treaties made , or which shall verse . I have never heard the number of troops that are intended to take ...
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... never doubted the right of the Uni- ted States to acquire new territory , either by pur- chase or by conquest , and to govern the territory so acquired as a dependent province ; and in this way might Louisiana have become a territory of ...
... never doubted the right of the Uni- ted States to acquire new territory , either by pur- chase or by conquest , and to govern the territory so acquired as a dependent province ; and in this way might Louisiana have become a territory of ...
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... never be exercised if no such definition exists ; and by misapplying to the treaty - making power , the definitions of Legislative power , every right possessed by the latter would be opened to the former . But if the words , " under ...
... never be exercised if no such definition exists ; and by misapplying to the treaty - making power , the definitions of Legislative power , every right possessed by the latter would be opened to the former . But if the words , " under ...
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Página 697 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 699 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice president and they shall make distinct lists of all persons...
Página 477 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 713 - And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
Página 389 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.
Página 779 - Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 757 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments as of other human institutions; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country; that facility in changes, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Página 419 - 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...
Página 497 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Página 779 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...