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... union between men , except subjection to a common sovereign , there is more similarity between us and the people of the United States than between us and the people of India . Neither community of race , of reli- gion , of habits , of ...
... union between men , except subjection to a common sovereign , there is more similarity between us and the people of the United States than between us and the people of India . Neither community of race , of reli- gion , of habits , of ...
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... Union can only be preserved by the effective assertion of that sovereignty when necessary , followed by the acquiescence of all the parts of the Empire , even when the policy of Parliament runs counter to the interests or the wishes of ...
... Union can only be preserved by the effective assertion of that sovereignty when necessary , followed by the acquiescence of all the parts of the Empire , even when the policy of Parliament runs counter to the interests or the wishes of ...
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... union among the members of a state the relation of Sovereign and subject . But a union founded on this relationship is only real when the claim of the Sovereign is acknowledged . A mere theoretical claim such as was formerly as- serted ...
... union among the members of a state the relation of Sovereign and subject . But a union founded on this relationship is only real when the claim of the Sovereign is acknowledged . A mere theoretical claim such as was formerly as- serted ...
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... a short account of the position of Ireland in regard to the English Par- liament before the Act of Union . According to the theory of the English lawyer , the conquest of Ireland was effected by Henry II . That 18 HOME RULE.
... a short account of the position of Ireland in regard to the English Par- liament before the Act of Union . According to the theory of the English lawyer , the conquest of Ireland was effected by Henry II . That 18 HOME RULE.
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... Union , and as to the means by which the consent of the Irish members to the ratification of the Articles was obtained . It is not necessary here to make any observations on these matters of controversy . It is sufficient to state that ...
... Union , and as to the means by which the consent of the Irish members to the ratification of the Articles was obtained . It is not necessary here to make any observations on these matters of controversy . It is sufficient to state that ...
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Page 34 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 34 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 3 - A PORTION of mankind may be said to constitute a Nationality if they are united among themselves by common sympathies which do not exist between them and any others — which make them co-operate with each other more willingly than with other people, desire to be under the same government, and desire that it should be government by themselves or a portion of themselves exclusively.
Page 25 - And be it further enacted and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the house of lords of Ireland have not nor of right ought to have any jurisdiction to judge of, affirm, or reverse any judgment, sentence, or decree, given or made in any court within the said kingdom...
Page 25 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 27 - Union, that the succession to the imperial crown of the said united kingdom, and of the dominions thereunto belonging, shall continue limited and settled in the same manner as the succession to the imperial crown of the said kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 34 - Ireland; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline and government of the said United Church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the Church of England; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united Church, as the Established Church of England and Ireland...
Page 27 - That it be the first article of the Union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, that the said kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall, upon the first day of January which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and that the royal style and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the.
Page 111 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Page 71 - Any colonial law which is or shall be in any respect repugnant to the provisions of any Act of Parliament extending to the Colony to which such law may relate, or repugnant to any order or regulation made under authority of such Act of Parliament, or having in the Colony the force and effect of such Act, shall be read subject to such Act, order, or regulation, and shall, to the extent of such repugnancy, but not otherwise, be and remain absolutely void and...