Remarks on Article IX., in the Eighty-fourth Number of the North American Review: (July, 1834,) Entitled Origin and Character of the Old Parties...Perkins, Marvin, 1834 - 39 pagine |
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... acts then done . Every one of these citizens is sincerely and deeply attached to rational civil liberty , and determined to support republican government . He is so attached , and so disposed , because he knows that such liberty and ...
... acts then done . Every one of these citizens is sincerely and deeply attached to rational civil liberty , and determined to support republican government . He is so attached , and so disposed , because he knows that such liberty and ...
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... act which will promote that one's own welfare , when the act intended , is not injurious to another . These are natural rights , and when violated , the offended party is entitled to justice . The end of government is to protect these ...
... act which will promote that one's own welfare , when the act intended , is not injurious to another . These are natural rights , and when violated , the offended party is entitled to justice . The end of government is to protect these ...
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... acts of France , from 1789 to the fall of Napoleon in 1814 , as done in furtherance of civil " liberty , " and in opposition to " law . " He charges the old federal party with the political crime of having espoused the cause of " law ...
... acts of France , from 1789 to the fall of Napoleon in 1814 , as done in furtherance of civil " liberty , " and in opposition to " law . " He charges the old federal party with the political crime of having espoused the cause of " law ...
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... act . Suppose " the people personified " should turn despot , ( as Mr. Jefferson did in ordering Swartout and Bollman to be brought as prisoners , from New Orleans to Washington , ) the people do it , and the people cannot err ! If it ...
... act . Suppose " the people personified " should turn despot , ( as Mr. Jefferson did in ordering Swartout and Bollman to be brought as prisoners , from New Orleans to Washington , ) the people do it , and the people cannot err ! If it ...
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... acts of other men ; and that value will depend on the utility of these acts , as proved by experience . To start fair and clear from all embarrassments , let it be remembered , that the value of human life , in the United States ...
... acts of other men ; and that value will depend on the utility of these acts , as proved by experience . To start fair and clear from all embarrassments , let it be remembered , that the value of human life , in the United States ...
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Pagina 31 - States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect. IV. Resolved, that alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the State wherein they are ; that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual States distinct from their power over citizens ; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared that " the powers not...
Pagina 6 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. CADE Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot; shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony to drink small beer...
Pagina 6 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Pagina 16 - Whoever in any future age or unborn nation may admire the felicity of the expedient which converted the power of taxation into the shield of liberty, by which discretionary and secret imprisonment was rendered impracticable, and portions of the people were trained to exercise a larger share of judicial power than...
Pagina 16 - To have produced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, constitute the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind. Her Bacons and Shakspeares, her Miltons and Newtons, with all the truth which they have revealed, and all the generous virtue which they have inspired, are of inferior value when compared with the subjection of men and their rulers...
Pagina 16 - ... under the eye of a wellinformed nation, discuss and determine the laws and policy likely to make communities great and happy ; — whoever is capable of comprehending all the effects of such institutions, with all their possible improvements upon the mind and genius of a people, is sacredly bound to speak with reverential gratitude of the authors of the great charter. To have produced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, constitute the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind.
Pagina 35 - ... and those of their agents, to countenance and invigorate opposition ; their disregard of solemn treaties and the laws of nations ; their war upon our defenceless commerce ; their treatment of our ministers of peace...
Pagina 32 - His private opinion was, that they were '•good and proper.'< But, whatever might be their merits, it belonged to the people, who held the reins over the head of Congress, and to them alone, to say whether they were acceptable or otherwise, to Virginians ; and that this must be done by way of petition. That Congress were as much our representatives as the Assembly, and had as good a right to our confidence. He had seen, with regret, the unlimited power over...
Pagina 36 - Believe me, Sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration. They ought to inspire universal confidence, and will no doubt, combined with the state of things, call from Congress such laws and means as will enable you to meet the full force and extent of the Crisis.
Pagina 32 - Constitution; and in daring to pronounce upon the validity of Federal laws, had gone out of her jurisdiction in a manner not warranted by any authority, and in the highest degree alarming to every considerate man; that such opposition on the part of Virginia to the acts of the General government must beget their enforcement by military power; that this would probably produce civil war; civil war, foreign alliances; and that foreign alliances must necessarily end in subjugation to the powers called...