Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D.: PoliticalLittle, Brown and Company, 1852 |
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... friends . Political , They include some portions of his labors , Judicial , and Literary , — devoting one volume to each . But most of his occasional speeches on party politics are omitted giving one or two in the Appendix , as ...
... friends . Political , They include some portions of his labors , Judicial , and Literary , — devoting one volume to each . But most of his occasional speeches on party politics are omitted giving one or two in the Appendix , as ...
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... friend , faithful ; as a man , devoted to the great concerns of humanity ; and as a citizen , alive to all that advances and protects his coun- try , or subserves the world . To use the application of a remark made by an estimable friend ...
... friend , faithful ; as a man , devoted to the great concerns of humanity ; and as a citizen , alive to all that advances and protects his coun- try , or subserves the world . To use the application of a remark made by an estimable friend ...
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... friends ; but never , I believe , loth to face their enemies . Their paths were sometimes marked by their blood ; their courage and constancy tried by frequent alarms , by ambuscade , and the pitched battle . But they never faltered ...
... friends ; but never , I believe , loth to face their enemies . Their paths were sometimes marked by their blood ; their courage and constancy tried by frequent alarms , by ambuscade , and the pitched battle . But they never faltered ...
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... friends of the bill unquestionably think that abundant . reasons exist for so novel a measure , this motion must afford gratifi- cation to them , and be received in the spirit of kindness , as it will afford them the opportunity ...
... friends of the bill unquestionably think that abundant . reasons exist for so novel a measure , this motion must afford gratifi- cation to them , and be received in the spirit of kindness , as it will afford them the opportunity ...
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... friends of the bill cannot desire this increase of judges on the last ground exclusively ; while I do not hesitate to con- fess , that , in connection with the others , it is not to be lost sight of in the frame and establishment of any ...
... friends of the bill cannot desire this increase of judges on the last ground exclusively ; while I do not hesitate to con- fess , that , in connection with the others , it is not to be lost sight of in the frame and establishment of any ...
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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...