Observations on the Late Presidential Veto: Together with a Plan for a Change of the Constitution Relative to this Power |
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... mode of interpretation which now prevails , little appreciated . The defects of a written Constitution can only be corrected or supplied , in the same manner that a Constitution which is the result of precedent , of custom , and of a ...
... mode of interpretation which now prevails , little appreciated . The defects of a written Constitution can only be corrected or supplied , in the same manner that a Constitution which is the result of precedent , of custom , and of a ...
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... mode in which the President regards it nothing , unless based upon considerations derived from its nature , from its technical character , or , as he calls it , " its char- acter in theory . " I have never been able to find any reason ...
... mode in which the President regards it nothing , unless based upon considerations derived from its nature , from its technical character , or , as he calls it , " its char- acter in theory . " I have never been able to find any reason ...
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... mode in which the President regards it nothing , unless based upon considerations derived from its nature , from its technical character , or , as he calls it , " its char- acter in theory . " I have never been able to find any reason ...
... mode in which the President regards it nothing , unless based upon considerations derived from its nature , from its technical character , or , as he calls it , " its char- acter in theory . " I have never been able to find any reason ...
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... mode of levying the taxes , although it increases the pro- duce of the taxes , had proposed a violation of the public faith . As well might he pretend that the exact amount of duty on timber , on corn , and on everything which was ...
... mode of levying the taxes , although it increases the pro- duce of the taxes , had proposed a violation of the public faith . As well might he pretend that the exact amount of duty on timber , on corn , and on everything which was ...
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... mode of receiving , safe keeping , and disbursing the public revenue . By the present Veto he has deprived his administration of the means of going on at all . As regards himself , it is so sui- cidal , that it cannot be for a moment ...
... mode of receiving , safe keeping , and disbursing the public revenue . By the present Veto he has deprived his administration of the means of going on at all . As regards himself , it is so sui- cidal , that it cannot be for a moment ...
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Page 22 - Legislature before it shall operate, and every act of a particular Legislature before a Negative thereon shall be final; and that the dissent of the said Council shall amount to a rejection, unless the Act of the National Legislature be again passed, or that of a particular Legislature be again negatived by of the members of each branch.
Page 20 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 28 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 32 - ... which could not give to an individual citizen that settled preeminence in the eyes of the rest, that weight of property, that personal interest against betraying the national interest, which appertain to an hereditary magistrate.
Page 23 - Mr. GERRY doubts whether the judiciary ought to form a part of it, as they will have a sufficient check against encroachments on their own department by their exposition of the laws, which involved a power of deciding on their constitutionality.
Page 15 - I could not give my sanction to a measure of the character described, without surrendering all claim to the respect of honorable men — all confidence on the part of the people — all self-respect — all regard for moral and religious obligations ; without an observance of which, no government can be prosperous, and no people can be happy. It would be to commit a crime which I would not wilfully commit to gain any earthly reward, and which would justly subject me to the ridicule and scorn of all...
Page 23 - Mr. King seconds the motion, observing that the Judges ought to be able to expound the law as it should come before them, free from the bias of having participated in its formation.
Page 35 - And since you know you cannot see yourself So well as by reflection, I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which yet you know not of.
Page 46 - When I was a member of either House of Congress I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce me to give my vote against it; but I have not been able to bring myself to believe that a doubtful opinion of the Chief Magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the States.
Page 15 - ... willingness to cooperate in all financial measures, constitutional and proper, which in its wisdom it may judge necessary and proper to reestablish the credit of the Government. I believe that the proceeds of the sales of the public lands being restored to the Treasury — or, more properly speaking, the proviso of the act of September, 1841 , being permitted to remain in full force — a tariff of duties may easily be adjusted, which, while it will yield a revenue sufficient to maintain the...