A Source History of the United States: From Discovery (1492) to End of Reconstruction (1877) for Use in High Schools, Normal Schools, and Colleges |
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... Federal Despondency d . Breach in the Federal Party . e . Election of 1800 .. Questions .301-300 301 302 303 304 305 306 References 307 1801-1812 b . Republican Accomplishments SECTION III — JEFFERSONIAN 1. Republican Policies in ...
... Federal Despondency d . Breach in the Federal Party . e . Election of 1800 .. Questions .301-300 301 302 303 304 305 306 References 307 1801-1812 b . Republican Accomplishments SECTION III — JEFFERSONIAN 1. Republican Policies in ...
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... distinct republican states , which shall become members of the federal 16. Way & Gideon , Journals of the Continental Congress , III , 281-283 . 17. Same , p . 516 . union , and have the same rights of sovereignty , 218 AMERICAN HISTORY.
... distinct republican states , which shall become members of the federal 16. Way & Gideon , Journals of the Continental Congress , III , 281-283 . 17. Same , p . 516 . union , and have the same rights of sovereignty , 218 AMERICAN HISTORY.
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... Federal Government , it can neither have vigor , dignity , nor credit . " 1 b . Lack of National Control of Commerce . James Madison to James Monroe ( Aug. 7 , 1785 ) . “ If it be necessary to regulate trade at all , it surely is ...
... Federal Government , it can neither have vigor , dignity , nor credit . " 1 b . Lack of National Control of Commerce . James Madison to James Monroe ( Aug. 7 , 1785 ) . “ If it be necessary to regulate trade at all , it surely is ...
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... federal measures , and of investing Congress with the power of regulating the commerce of the whole . " 4 C. Lack of Power in the Confederation Congress : John Jay to Gouvernour Morris ( Sept. 24 , 1783 ) . “ I am fully convinced that ...
... federal measures , and of investing Congress with the power of regulating the commerce of the whole . " 4 C. Lack of Power in the Confederation Congress : John Jay to Gouvernour Morris ( Sept. 24 , 1783 ) . “ I am fully convinced that ...
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... Federal Constitution , I , 92 . 14. Same , p . 93 . state unless authorized by treaty , from importing into the REVOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE 237 Proposals of Remedy for the Defects of the Confedera- tion 237-239 a Congressional ...
... Federal Constitution , I , 92 . 14. Same , p . 93 . state unless authorized by treaty , from importing into the REVOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE 237 Proposals of Remedy for the Defects of the Confedera- tion 237-239 a Congressional ...
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Page 302 - 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.
Page 295 - ... any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...
Page 213 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated " A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each state, and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be...
Page 426 - I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I " seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 366 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Page 386 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 186 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 192 - Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none; they are meant for us: they can be meant for no other They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 342 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 359 - Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth, cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of heaven, and the fruits of superior industry, economy and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, to...