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... Repudiation ' and Delinquency of some of the States - Causes and Explanation of these matters CHAP . II . CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT . - 25 Formation of the Government in 1789 - Mode of electing , and Powers of the President - Of the ...
... Repudiation ' and Delinquency of some of the States - Causes and Explanation of these matters CHAP . II . CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT . - 25 Formation of the Government in 1789 - Mode of electing , and Powers of the President - Of the ...
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... repudiation ' at every step . They talk to us as if to be an American and an honest man at the same time were a moral impossibility . " Your country has repudiated its debts , and cheated its creditors , " say they ; and yet , as I told ...
... repudiation ' at every step . They talk to us as if to be an American and an honest man at the same time were a moral impossibility . " Your country has repudiated its debts , and cheated its creditors , " say they ; and yet , as I told ...
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... repudiated by Missis- sippi has injured the country more than a hundred times the amount , and , besides , has fixed upon popular Governments a stain which half a century may not eradicate . G. But Mississippi did not borrow the money ...
... repudiated by Missis- sippi has injured the country more than a hundred times the amount , and , besides , has fixed upon popular Governments a stain which half a century may not eradicate . G. But Mississippi did not borrow the money ...
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... repudiate their debts . Nothing , in fact , was ever heard of * in the public conduct of nations , more entirely * It is rather singular , that while this paragraph was being copied for the press , a trial ... repudiation . 20 INTRODUCTION .
... repudiate their debts . Nothing , in fact , was ever heard of * in the public conduct of nations , more entirely * It is rather singular , that while this paragraph was being copied for the press , a trial ... repudiation . 20 INTRODUCTION .
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... repudiation . Necessity may compel a State , as well as an individual , to become bankrupt ; but the repudiating American States have no such excuse ...... The other ( ? ) repudiating States , are universally also in the most prosperous ...
... repudiation . Necessity may compel a State , as well as an individual , to become bankrupt ; but the repudiating American States have no such excuse ...... The other ( ? ) repudiating States , are universally also in the most prosperous ...
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Page 159 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Page 165 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 163 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Page 158 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
Page 164 - ... 4. The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 101 - Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.
Page 165 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 161 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Page 163 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 159 - Judgment, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust, or profit, under the United States ; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law.