...our privileges. Separate the different parts of this article, and it declares in express terms, that Congress shall make no law abridging the right of...people " to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The language is general, and not confined to particular persons or subjects — it...

...consideration of consequences? The first amendment to the constitution has been referred to, which provides that Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. But the right here secured...

...the people. The first article of the amendments to the Constitution, it is said, provides only that " Congress shall make no law abridging the right of...the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances ; " and this rule is not a law. Sir, this is sticking to the bark of the Constitution...

...the people. The first article of the amendments to the Constitution, it is said, provides only that " Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people to petition the government fora redress of grievances;" and this rule is not a law. Sir, this is sticking to the bark of the Constitution...

...by solemn statute ? If the Senate and House of Representatives and the President combined, can pass no law abridging the right of the people to petition the Government, is it not, a fortiori^ incompetent for this House alone to abridge that right? But I deny the propriety...

...by solemn statute ? If the Senate and House of Representatives and the President combined, can pass no law abridging the right of the people to petition the Government, is it not, a fortiori, incompetent for this House alone to abridge that right? But I deny the propriety...

...which too much can not be said, by those whose grand, political axiom is "freedom and equality," is the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This, it has been said, is the last right which the people have ever been willing to...

...the subject. The right secured by the constitution, is, that " Congress shall make no law to abridge the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances." There was no burden, oppression or grievance, peculiar to these petitioners. It was...

...public authorities to prevent or suppress popular gatherings. The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall make no law abridging " the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances," and a similar limitation...

...public authorities to prevent or suppress popular gatherings. The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall make no law abridging " the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances," and a similar limitation...