Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1891 - 1550 pages |
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... seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the propri- etors of both colonies prepared to execute their respective plans ; and under the authority of a charter , which ...
... seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or reluctance , the propri- etors of both colonies prepared to execute their respective plans ; and under the authority of a charter , which ...
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... seems that a charter was subsequently granted by Charles the Second on the 10th of October , 1676 , but it contained little more than an acknowledgment of the colony as an immediate dependency of the crown . 2 Henning , Stat . 531 , 532 ...
... seems that a charter was subsequently granted by Charles the Second on the 10th of October , 1676 , but it contained little more than an acknowledgment of the colony as an immediate dependency of the crown . 2 Henning , Stat . 531 , 532 ...
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... seems to have maintained an exclusive supremacy down to the period of the American Revolution . Marriages , except in special cases , were required to be celebrated in the parish church , and according to the ru- bric in the common ...
... seems to have maintained an exclusive supremacy down to the period of the American Revolution . Marriages , except in special cases , were required to be celebrated in the parish church , and according to the ru- bric in the common ...
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... seems to have been directed to the establishment of " the free liberties of the free - born people of England . " It was therefore declared , almost in the language of Magna Charta , that justice should be impartially administered unto ...
... seems to have been directed to the establishment of " the free liberties of the free - born people of England . " It was therefore declared , almost in the language of Magna Charta , that justice should be impartially administered unto ...
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... seems to have been extremely profuse and inconsiderate in its grants 1 ) granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason all the land lying between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadahock , ex- tending back to the great lakes and ...
... seems to have been extremely profuse and inconsiderate in its grants 1 ) granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason all the land lying between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadahock , ex- tending back to the great lakes and ...
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Page xl - Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws : and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or...
Page 279 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 774 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 199 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 755 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Page 440 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol,...
Page 321 - The powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people.' The government of the United States, therefore, can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution, and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Page 771 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 258 - Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 172 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states...