A Manual of American Ideas: Designed 1st. For the Use of Schools. 2nd. For the Instruction of Foreigners Seeking Naturalization. 3rd. For the Use of Citizens |
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... Government by and for the People .. 39 48 55 IV . Of Constitutional Government ..... 63 V. Of Checks and Balances in the Government . 71 VI . Of the Precedence of the several Governments 82 VII . Of Representation .. 87 VIII . Of Free ...
... Government by and for the People .. 39 48 55 IV . Of Constitutional Government ..... 63 V. Of Checks and Balances in the Government . 71 VI . Of the Precedence of the several Governments 82 VII . Of Representation .. 87 VIII . Of Free ...
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... Government by and for the People through representa- tion , and according to written constitutions . 2. I believe that all men were created with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness ...
... Government by and for the People through representa- tion , and according to written constitutions . 2. I believe that all men were created with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness ...
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... GOVERNMENT . 4. The primal object of law in society is to prevent and punish crime , or such acts as are com- mitted ... Government anything to do with mere manners ? 4. What is the primal object of law ? Define crime . What would happen ...
... GOVERNMENT . 4. The primal object of law in society is to prevent and punish crime , or such acts as are com- mitted ... Government anything to do with mere manners ? 4. What is the primal object of law ? Define crime . What would happen ...
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... Government , ” and the proper business of Government is to make and en- force the laws . CIVILIZATION . 5. The Creator has seen fit to make society a school for the development of the individual into a very differ- ent being from what ...
... Government , ” and the proper business of Government is to make and en- force the laws . CIVILIZATION . 5. The Creator has seen fit to make society a school for the development of the individual into a very differ- ent being from what ...
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... government was the PATRIARCHAL 6. or Parental : under which the head of the family ruled all its members . Such was the Government of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , as described in the Old Testament . This form was of course of very ...
... government was the PATRIARCHAL 6. or Parental : under which the head of the family ruled all its members . Such was the Government of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , as described in the Old Testament . This form was of course of very ...
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Page 345 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 344 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 346 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 320 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate. We know what master laid thy keel; What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel; Who made each mast and sail and rope; What anvils rang, what hammers beat; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page 334 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 338 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 329 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 341 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Page 269 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 302 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.