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... Things to the Well- Being , Existence , and Independent Power of the United States.Liberty is the Basis of the Whole . - Crisis , Political and Monetary ....... ..166 - LETTER XLIV . Defenders of the Country . - Popularity . — Citizen ...
... Things to the Well- Being , Existence , and Independent Power of the United States.Liberty is the Basis of the Whole . - Crisis , Political and Monetary ....... ..166 - LETTER XLIV . Defenders of the Country . - Popularity . — Citizen ...
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... things , no one in Congress has anything to do . There all is plain , settled , prescribed business . Nobody can en- tertain any serious doubts about it ; and if this should be the case , the United States supreme court is authorized to ...
... things , no one in Congress has anything to do . There all is plain , settled , prescribed business . Nobody can en- tertain any serious doubts about it ; and if this should be the case , the United States supreme court is authorized to ...
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... thing to fear from factions , which spring up in our midst , and from unprincipled party influences in our legislatures . The offi- cers change their places , but leaders of parties and factions do not ; they take a strong hold upon the ...
... thing to fear from factions , which spring up in our midst , and from unprincipled party influences in our legislatures . The offi- cers change their places , but leaders of parties and factions do not ; they take a strong hold upon the ...
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... things is freedom of industry , of which com- merce is a branch . It is impossible to determine , with mathemati- cal accuracy , the just limits of such customs , especially on account of the influence of foreign customs systems . This ...
... things is freedom of industry , of which com- merce is a branch . It is impossible to determine , with mathemati- cal accuracy , the just limits of such customs , especially on account of the influence of foreign customs systems . This ...
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... things , and belongs not to the dignified creditors , he will suffer losses , while a uniform con- gressional law should protect him from such . The opinion is at present adopted that this grant is not an ex- clusive one , and that thus ...
... things , and belongs not to the dignified creditors , he will suffer losses , while a uniform con- gressional law should protect him from such . The opinion is at present adopted that this grant is not an ex- clusive one , and that thus ...
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Page 188 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
Page 184 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 284 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 180 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 213 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 176 - ... artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 185 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate,...
Page 281 - Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of , according to the best...
Page 185 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Page 183 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in. the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the fona of government, a real despotism.