The National Democratic Party: Its History, Principles, Acievements, and AimsWilliam Lyne Wilson H. D. Harvey & Company, 1888 - 639 pages |
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... hands by promoting immigration from abroad , and that any dearness of labor , if due to this scarcity , would diminish with it and with the use of machinery ; or , if due also to greater profits , would be no objection , as the ...
... hands by promoting immigration from abroad , and that any dearness of labor , if due to this scarcity , would diminish with it and with the use of machinery ; or , if due also to greater profits , would be no objection , as the ...
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... hands of speculators , who had paid generally a mere nominal price for it . Furthermore , these speculators on the first promulgation of Hamilton's report had despatched swift couriers all over the the country , including trading ...
... hands of speculators , who had paid generally a mere nominal price for it . Furthermore , these speculators on the first promulgation of Hamilton's report had despatched swift couriers all over the the country , including trading ...
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... hands , those of the States . " This position he supported by the text of the Constitution and by contemporary exposition ; and declared that the passage of the bill would show that the adoption of the Constitution was brought about by ...
... hands , those of the States . " This position he supported by the text of the Constitution and by contemporary exposition ; and declared that the passage of the bill would show that the adoption of the Constitution was brought about by ...
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... hands of the higher classes ; those who identify themselves with the people , have confidence in them , cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe , although not the most wise depository of the public in- terests . In every ...
... hands of the higher classes ; those who identify themselves with the people , have confidence in them , cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe , although not the most wise depository of the public in- terests . In every ...
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... hands of the higher classes ; the other con- fided in the people , and sought to keep all power in their control . Of the one Hamilton was the leader , of the other Jefferson was the leader . Behind the former were to be found the ...
... hands of the higher classes ; the other con- fided in the people , and sought to keep all power in their control . Of the one Hamilton was the leader , of the other Jefferson was the leader . Behind the former were to be found the ...
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Page 575 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 84 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 84 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him ? Let history answer this question.
Page 84 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 635 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Page 83 - ... that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong ; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may, by possibility, want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Page 133 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Page 491 - Those rivers must be regarded as public, navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are, or may be, conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 255 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theatres, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 76 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.