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" You are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it. You are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them. And if you do so your act is a dissolution of the government. You resolve society into its original... "
The Portfolio; Or, a Collection of State Papers, Etc: Illustrative of the ... - Page 456
edited by - 1843
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...take down my words ; you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — you are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators and not to transfer them —...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 3

1821 - 526 pages
...down my words ; you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws, and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — you are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them —...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal, Volume 4

1822 - 640 pages
...down my words ; you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws, and not legislatures. You are appointed to act under the Constitution, not to alter it ; to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them ; and if you do so, your...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 4

1822 - 654 pages
...down my words ; you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws, and not legislatures. You are appointed to act under the Constitution, not to alter it ; to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them ; and if you do so, your...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...down my words; — you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — you are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them —...
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The Repealer's Manual; Or, Absenteeism: the Union Re-considered, Volume 1

William Joseph Battersby - Absentee landlordism - 1833 - 388 pages
...this assertion deliberately. I repeat it, and call upon any man who hears me, to take down my words. You have not been elected for this purpose ; you have...are appointed to act under the constitution, not to enter it. You are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them ; and...
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An Introduction to the Grammar of Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools

Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1836 - 188 pages
...down my words ; — you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws, and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — you are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them —...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...down my words ; — you have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — you are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them —...
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The Metropolitan, Volume 30

English literature - 1841 - 606 pages
...take down my words. You have not been elected for this purpose — you are appointed to make laws and not legislatures — you are appointed to act under the constitution, not to alter it — yo-i are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them...
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The Portfolio, Volume 1

David Urquhart - Great Britain - 1843 - 584 pages
...extinction of the Parliament of Ireland, was what neither the Parliament of England nor of 1 reland could legitimately do. The Irish Parliament could...for this purpose. You have been appointed to make '' L«ws, not Legislatures. You are appointed to act under <c the Constitution, not to destroy it....
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