Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D.: PoliticalLittle, Brown and Company, 1852 |
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Página 32
... admit that the officers were first bound to perform the condition faithfully of serving to the close of the war , however long or disastrous . Did they do it ? History and tradition must convince all , that , through defeat as well as ...
... admit that the officers were first bound to perform the condition faithfully of serving to the close of the war , however long or disastrous . Did they do it ? History and tradition must convince all , that , through defeat as well as ...
Página 44
... admit , that , if such a want of equality exists there as is so fatal to the administration of justice as to require for its removal this large increase of the Supreme Court , I earnestly pray that my motion may fail . For , without ...
... admit , that , if such a want of equality exists there as is so fatal to the administration of justice as to require for its removal this large increase of the Supreme Court , I earnestly pray that my motion may fail . For , without ...
Página 51
... admit ; but it is only a differ- ence between the correctness of the district judge , -who is selected , on the favorite theory of gentlemen , from his own district , with all the lex loci and lex non scripta of his region of country ...
... admit ; but it is only a differ- ence between the correctness of the district judge , -who is selected , on the favorite theory of gentlemen , from his own district , with all the lex loci and lex non scripta of his region of country ...
Página 52
... admitting that a change in this respect is indispensable , it should be made in the old as well as the new States ; because , reversing his own language , can it be questioned that life , liberty and property , are as valuable in the ...
... admitting that a change in this respect is indispensable , it should be made in the old as well as the new States ; because , reversing his own language , can it be questioned that life , liberty and property , are as valuable in the ...
Página 59
... admit , that , on this reasoning , no precise num- ber for a court can be fixed , as unerringly the best , under all circum- stances , yet it will , on reference to our own recollection of different judicial bodies , satisfy us that an ...
... admit , that , on this reasoning , no precise num- ber for a court can be fixed , as unerringly the best , under all circum- stances , yet it will , on reference to our own recollection of different judicial bodies , satisfy us that an ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 267 - An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Página 110 - Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Página 92 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...
Página 65 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Página 466 - Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Página 487 - No person can in any case be subjected to law martial, or to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by authority of the Legislature.
Página 541 - All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
Página 366 - ... the United States hereby cede to His Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever all their rights, claims and pretensions to the territories lying west and south of the...
Página 465 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Página 370 - In other words, that when the Constitution of the United States vests in Congress the power to...