Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D.: PoliticalLittle, Brown and Company, 1852 |
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... proposed to the Committee on Manufactures , and , consequently , without explanation , an infer- ence might be drawn , by some , of inconsistency between the two votes . That amendment , however , was resisted by him upon the sole and ...
... proposed to the Committee on Manufactures , and , consequently , without explanation , an infer- ence might be drawn , by some , of inconsistency between the two votes . That amendment , however , was resisted by him upon the sole and ...
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... proposed in this country . Here the objections to the present bill are much weaker than to that measure , and the arguments in its favor are much stronger . The amount of revenue to be released by this bill is not more than one twenty ...
... proposed in this country . Here the objections to the present bill are much weaker than to that measure , and the arguments in its favor are much stronger . The amount of revenue to be released by this bill is not more than one twenty ...
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... proposed reduction of the duty . One other circumstance under this head . In speaking of the encouragement of manufactures by any duty , it is not to be for- gotten that the present disproportionate duty on salt is a positive injury to ...
... proposed reduction of the duty . One other circumstance under this head . In speaking of the encouragement of manufactures by any duty , it is not to be for- gotten that the present disproportionate duty on salt is a positive injury to ...
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... propose a substitute for the half pay for life , not in any view sufficient or equivalent , as regarded the younger ... proposed ; and if most of them had not been absent on furlough , by a resolve of Congress . after peace was expected ...
... propose a substitute for the half pay for life , not in any view sufficient or equivalent , as regarded the younger ... proposed ; and if most of them had not been absent on furlough , by a resolve of Congress . after peace was expected ...
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... proposed for these petitioners . On this state of facts , then , I hold these conclusions : That what is honest , and moral , and honorable , between debtor and creditor in private life , is so in public life . That a creditor of the ...
... proposed for these petitioners . On this state of facts , then , I hold these conclusions : That what is honest , and moral , and honorable , between debtor and creditor in private life , is so in public life . That a creditor of the ...
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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...