Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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Página 68
... hold , to the “ Ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces " which I mentioned in the be- ginning of my observations , yet when they ventured to fight on the open plain of fact and proof , they were to- tally routed ; when their vague calumnies ...
... hold , to the “ Ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces " which I mentioned in the be- ginning of my observations , yet when they ventured to fight on the open plain of fact and proof , they were to- tally routed ; when their vague calumnies ...
Página 85
... hold their appointments so long and no longer , than the public welfare requires . If the arguments now urged be correct , that a court once established cannot be vacated , we are led into the greatest absurdities . Congress might deem ...
... hold their appointments so long and no longer , than the public welfare requires . If the arguments now urged be correct , that a court once established cannot be vacated , we are led into the greatest absurdities . Congress might deem ...
Página 86
... hold his office during life , ( or what is about the same thing , ) during good behaviour , in despite of the law which created him , and in the very act of creation , limiting his official life to five years . I may notice another case ...
... hold his office during life , ( or what is about the same thing , ) during good behaviour , in despite of the law which created him , and in the very act of creation , limiting his official life to five years . I may notice another case ...
Página 87
... holds his appointment for life : this case may be considered as inapplicable to the United States . It may be said , that we have no right to cede a state , or a part of a state . But I believe a different sentiment has been entertained ...
... holds his appointment for life : this case may be considered as inapplicable to the United States . It may be said , that we have no right to cede a state , or a part of a state . But I believe a different sentiment has been entertained ...
Página 88
... they complained of the hardships of their duties ; and the law was altered , not so much for public good , as for their personal convenience . Where two judges were required to hold a court , one was now 88 MR . MASON'S SPEECH.
... they complained of the hardships of their duties ; and the law was altered , not so much for public good , as for their personal convenience . Where two judges were required to hold a court , one was now 88 MR . MASON'S SPEECH.
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Página 80 - 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 323 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 4 - Congress of the United States, 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." And also to the Act, entitled, " 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,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Página 81 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 233 - 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 424 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Página 139 - 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 322 - 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 372 - 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 82 - ... these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.