Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 10Samuel Hazard W. F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... duties on spirits distilled within the United States , had advanced to a point in the counties of Pennsylvania lying ... duty , he was beset by a body of armed men , who fired on him , but fortunately did him no personal injury . At day ...
... duties on spirits distilled within the United States , had advanced to a point in the counties of Pennsylvania lying ... duty , he was beset by a body of armed men , who fired on him , but fortunately did him no personal injury . At day ...
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... duty imposed on him by the constitution , of providing , " that the laws be faithfully executed . " The long for- bearance of government , and its patient endeavors to recall the deluded people to a sense of their duty and interest , by ...
... duty imposed on him by the constitution , of providing , " that the laws be faithfully executed . " The long for- bearance of government , and its patient endeavors to recall the deluded people to a sense of their duty and interest , by ...
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... duty consigned to him by the con- stitution " to take care that the laws be faithfully execut- ed , " to reduce the refractory to obedience . But although no direct and open opposition was made , the spirit of the insurrection was not ...
... duty consigned to him by the con- stitution " to take care that the laws be faithfully execut- ed , " to reduce the refractory to obedience . But although no direct and open opposition was made , the spirit of the insurrection was not ...
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... duty to state it explicitly , and to ask the opinion of the court , or they cannot make the si- lence of the court , or an omission to instruct the Jury on that point , a ground for a new trial . Misdirection is al- ways a good ground ...
... duty to state it explicitly , and to ask the opinion of the court , or they cannot make the si- lence of the court , or an omission to instruct the Jury on that point , a ground for a new trial . Misdirection is al- ways a good ground ...
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... duty to render his verdict on , and according to the evidence given in court under oath , in the presence of the court , the parties and the public ; and not to disregard such evidence in favor of his private knowledge or opinions ...
... duty to render his verdict on , and according to the evidence given in court under oath , in the presence of the court , the parties and the public ; and not to disregard such evidence in favor of his private knowledge or opinions ...
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Page 28 - Legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings.
Page 27 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 270 - Boston, shall be managed under the direction of the select men, united with the ministers of the oldest episcopalian, congregational, and presbyterian churches in that town, who are to let out the same upon interest at five per cent, per annum, to such young married artificers, under the age of twenty-five years, as have served an apprenticeship in the said town, and faithfully fulfilled the duties required in their indentures, so as to obtain a good moral character from at least two respectable...
Page 8 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 30 - ... make the rich richer, and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. " There arc no necessary evils in government.
Page 350 - ... the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 25 - ... calling in its loans will produce great embarrassment and distress. The time allowed to close its concerns is ample, and if it has been well managed its pressure will be light, and heavy only in case its management has been bad. If, therefore, it shall produce distress, the fault will be its own, and it would furnish a reason against renewing a power which has been so obviously abused.
Page 25 - ... felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution combining all its advantages and obviating these objections. I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country.
Page 304 - ... a house or place of worship for the use of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, according to the rules and discipline which from time to time may be agreed upon and adopted by the ministers and preachers of the said church, at their general conferences in the United States of America...
Page 338 - An Historical Account of Guinea, its situation, produce, and the general disposition of its inhabitants; with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature and calamitous effects...