The Three Powers of Government. The Origin of the United States; and the Status of the Southern States, on the Suppression of the Rebelion. The Three Dangers of the Republic: Lectures Delivered in the Law School of Harvard College, and in Dartmouth College, 1867-68, and '69 |
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... ballot . In fact the child who is old enough to know and remember its own name is better quali- fied , in some respects , to exercise that right , than many of those upon whom Congress has assumed to confer it . - But every one , even ...
... ballot . In fact the child who is old enough to know and remember its own name is better quali- fied , in some respects , to exercise that right , than many of those upon whom Congress has assumed to confer it . - But every one , even ...
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... ballot . Christianity , which has heretofore been supposed to have assigned to woman her proper sphere in creation , made no pro- vision for any right of suffrage . But those persons who a few years since desired an anti - slavery Bible ...
... ballot . Christianity , which has heretofore been supposed to have assigned to woman her proper sphere in creation , made no pro- vision for any right of suffrage . But those persons who a few years since desired an anti - slavery Bible ...
Page 88
... ballot merely to vote for candidates selected by what is sometimes called the " opposite sex " ( no longer so , however , if of our party ) , it would be but as a mirage in the desert to a thirsty traveller . Of course there is a ...
... ballot merely to vote for candidates selected by what is sometimes called the " opposite sex " ( no longer so , however , if of our party ) , it would be but as a mirage in the desert to a thirsty traveller . Of course there is a ...
Page 89
... ballot in their hands , will purify the atmosphere of the hustings , and cast the oil of con- cord on the angry waves of party contention and political strife , may well take a fresh observation , and correct their political reckoning ...
... ballot in their hands , will purify the atmosphere of the hustings , and cast the oil of con- cord on the angry waves of party contention and political strife , may well take a fresh observation , and correct their political reckoning ...
Page 90
... ballot . In times of strong party excitement men almost in extremis are carried to the polls to deposit their ballots . Why not women ? Aspirants for office are always jubilant over the creation of a new one . Doctors are not exempt ...
... ballot . In times of strong party excitement men almost in extremis are carried to the polls to deposit their ballots . Why not women ? Aspirants for office are always jubilant over the creation of a new one . Doctors are not exempt ...
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Page 8 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 21 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property...
Page 32 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Page 47 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 9 - Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression.
Page 9 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.
Page 104 - That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Page 105 - That when the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition...
Page 21 - They enact thai all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as Is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Page 105 - That, until the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any civil governments which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or supersede the same...