Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 369
... palpable , and deliberate usurpation of power , by a determined majority , wielding the general government beyond the limits of its delegated powers , as calls upon the States which compose the suffering minority , in their sovereign ...
... palpable , and deliberate usurpation of power , by a determined majority , wielding the general government beyond the limits of its delegated powers , as calls upon the States which compose the suffering minority , in their sovereign ...
Page 372
... palpable , and dangerous exercise of a power not granted by the Constitution . " Deliberate it was , for it was long continued ; palpable she thought it , as no words in the Constitution gave the power , and only a construction , in her ...
... palpable , and dangerous exercise of a power not granted by the Constitution . " Deliberate it was , for it was long continued ; palpable she thought it , as no words in the Constitution gave the power , and only a construction , in her ...
Page 373
... palpable violation of the Constitution , and it brought ruin to her doors . Thou- sands of families , and hundreds of thousands of individuals , were beggared by it . While she saw and felt all this , she saw and felt also , that , as a ...
... palpable violation of the Constitution , and it brought ruin to her doors . Thou- sands of families , and hundreds of thousands of individuals , were beggared by it . While she saw and felt all this , she saw and felt also , that , as a ...
Page 374
... palpable , and oppressive case . Sir , we believed the embargo unconstitutional ; but still that was matter of opinion , and who was to decide it ? We thought it a clear case ; but , neverthe . less , we did not take the law into our ...
... palpable , and oppressive case . Sir , we believed the embargo unconstitutional ; but still that was matter of opinion , and who was to decide it ? We thought it a clear case ; but , neverthe . less , we did not take the law into our ...
Page 380
... palpable , deliberate , and dangerous violations of the Constitution ! He will proceed , with this banner flying , to the custom - house in Charleston , “ all the while , sonorous metal blowing martial sounds . " Arrived at the custom ...
... palpable , deliberate , and dangerous violations of the Constitution ! He will proceed , with this banner flying , to the custom - house in Charleston , “ all the while , sonorous metal blowing martial sounds . " Arrived at the custom ...
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