Eloquence of the United States, Volumen2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand , five hundred dollars ; but unfor- tunately , he forgot his tenet before he arrived at the middle of his speech : for he soon confessed , that the ...
... salaries of certain ministers plenipotentiary , from nine thou- sand to four thousand , five hundred dollars ; but unfor- tunately , he forgot his tenet before he arrived at the middle of his speech : for he soon confessed , that the ...
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... salary , if it should appear to be too high but they tell us , and attempt to prove , that there is no need of a ... salaries , which it is bound to do in a suitable manner . This gentlemen deny ; and thus the question of power , the ...
... salary , if it should appear to be too high but they tell us , and attempt to prove , that there is no need of a ... salaries , which it is bound to do in a suitable manner . This gentlemen deny ; and thus the question of power , the ...
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... salaries , a question of saving nine thousand dollars , and wonders how it could lead to a controversy , about the constitutional powers of the President and the House ! This proves that the gen- tleman from Pennsylvania intended his ...
... salaries , a question of saving nine thousand dollars , and wonders how it could lead to a controversy , about the constitutional powers of the President and the House ! This proves that the gen- tleman from Pennsylvania intended his ...
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... salary ; and in fixing it they must be guided by a proper discretion , by a sense of duty , by the nature of the office , the cir- cumstances of the country , and the public service . Thus the constitution would be reconciled , and each ...
... salary ; and in fixing it they must be guided by a proper discretion , by a sense of duty , by the nature of the office , the cir- cumstances of the country , and the public service . Thus the constitution would be reconciled , and each ...
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... salary , or order the money to be paid out of the treasury ; another guard against the danger of abuse . When the ... salaries were too high and ought to be reduced , but that the appointments themselves were unnecessary , and ought ...
... salary , or order the money to be paid out of the treasury ; another guard against the danger of abuse . When the ... salaries were too high and ought to be reduced , but that the appointments themselves were unnecessary , and ought ...
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Página 79 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 78 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 78 - I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong ; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Página 416 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Página 2 - An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Página 231 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 370 - I shall need, .too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
Página 137 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Página 320 - 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...
Página 430 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. ,It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.