The Political Grammar of the United States, Or, A Complete View of the Theory and Practice of the General and State Governments, with the Relations Between ThenWiley and Long, New-York, Russell, Shattuck & Company, Boston, H.F. Sumner & Company, Hartford, Ct., Desilver, Thomas & Company, Philadelphia, Cushing & Sons, Baltimore, S. Babcock & Sons, Charleston, S.C., and Corey & Webster, Cincinnati, 1836 - United States - 292 pages |
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... by HARPER AND BROTHERS , in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New - York . ] • Stereotyped by J. A. JAMES & Co. , Cincinnati . LENOX LIBRARY OY WH NEW YORK PREFACE . THE following work was commenced in the win-
... by HARPER AND BROTHERS , in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New - York . ] • Stereotyped by J. A. JAMES & Co. , Cincinnati . LENOX LIBRARY OY WH NEW YORK PREFACE . THE following work was commenced in the win-
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... clerk in the department of State , that an official residence in the District of Columbia did not take away any of his qualifications as a citizen of the state whence he came . This decision will probably be 1 See Journals of Congress ...
... clerk in the department of State , that an official residence in the District of Columbia did not take away any of his qualifications as a citizen of the state whence he came . This decision will probably be 1 See Journals of Congress ...
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... clerk , in any state or territory , or a circuit or district court of the United States , or before the clerks thereof , two years at least before his admis- sion , that it is bona fide his intention to become a citi- zen of the United ...
... clerk , in any state or territory , or a circuit or district court of the United States , or before the clerks thereof , two years at least before his admis- sion , that it is bona fide his intention to become a citi- zen of the United ...
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... clerk of the court . 3d , That the court admitting such alien shall be satis- fied that he had resided within the United States the continued term of five years next preceding his admission , without being during that time out of the ...
... clerk of the court . 3d , That the court admitting such alien shall be satis- fied that he had resided within the United States the continued term of five years next preceding his admission , without being during that time out of the ...
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... clerks , are chosen by their respective courts . Mayors of cities are chosen annually by the common councils ... Clerk and other officers for the Court of Oyer and Terminer in New - York , are appointed by the Court of General Sessions ...
... clerks , are chosen by their respective courts . Mayors of cities are chosen annually by the common councils ... Clerk and other officers for the Court of Oyer and Terminer in New - York , are appointed by the Court of General Sessions ...
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Page 193 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 182 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
Page 191 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART.
Page 181 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 167 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 170 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 184 - 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 toward all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Page 182 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this is one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 180 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Page 179 - Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it! To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment.