The American Commonwealth, Volume 1Commonwealth Publishing Company, 1908 - Constitutional law |
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... foreign students of American in- stitutions . ( Part III . ) The whole machinery , both of national and of State governments , is worked by the political parties . Parties have been organized far more elaborately in the United States ...
... foreign students of American in- stitutions . ( Part III . ) The whole machinery , both of national and of State governments , is worked by the political parties . Parties have been organized far more elaborately in the United States ...
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... foreign governments treated them , at last produced a feeling that some firmer and closer union was needed . A convention of delegates from five States met at Annapolis in Maryland in 1786 to discuss methods of enabling Congress to ...
... foreign governments treated them , at last produced a feeling that some firmer and closer union was needed . A convention of delegates from five States met at Annapolis in Maryland in 1786 to discuss methods of enabling Congress to ...
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... foreign nations , and provide that no preference should be given to the ports of any State . " - Memorial Ora- tion , ut supra . parties that for many years divided the American people . THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION 27.
... foreign nations , and provide that no preference should be given to the ports of any State . " - Memorial Ora- tion , ut supra . parties that for many years divided the American people . THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION 27.
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... foreign powers.19 The United States had at that time two European monarchies , Spain and England , as its neighbours 18In the Massachusetts Convention of 1788 Mr. Nason delivered him- self of the following pathetic appeal : " And here ...
... foreign powers.19 The United States had at that time two European monarchies , Spain and England , as its neighbours 18In the Massachusetts Convention of 1788 Mr. Nason delivered him- self of the following pathetic appeal : " And here ...
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... foreign interference , the sense of weakness , both at sea and on land , against the military monarchies of Europe , was constantly before the mind of American statesmen , and made them anxious to secure at all hazards a national ...
... foreign interference , the sense of weakness , both at sea and on land , against the military monarchies of Europe , was constantly before the mind of American statesmen , and made them anxious to secure at all hazards a national ...
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Page 735 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Page 144 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 736 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only as shall be deemed necessary by the United States, in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 735 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 771 - In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease.
Page 736 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 757 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Page 734 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 350 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 797 - I do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States,, and the constitution of the State of California; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.