Contributions to political science, including lectures on the Constitution of the United States, and other papersJ.B. Lippincott, 1881 |
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... army for the defence of American liberty . " In a resolution passed immediately after , George Washington is declared " chosen to be general and commander - in - chief of such forces as are , or shall be , raised for the maintenance and ...
... army for the defence of American liberty . " In a resolution passed immediately after , George Washington is declared " chosen to be general and commander - in - chief of such forces as are , or shall be , raised for the maintenance and ...
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... army , issued commissions , and appointed a general with attri- butes of dictatorial powers ( in the name of the congress ) , but borrowed money , made treaties with foreign powers , sent am- bassadors to foreign parts , issued letters ...
... army , issued commissions , and appointed a general with attri- butes of dictatorial powers ( in the name of the congress ) , but borrowed money , made treaties with foreign powers , sent am- bassadors to foreign parts , issued letters ...
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... army " -a national trumpet blast , or , if not , an insolent presumption . Which was it ? Con- gress , the representative of the nation , does the highest civil act that can be done ; it pronounces the birth of a nation , and orders it ...
... army " -a national trumpet blast , or , if not , an insolent presumption . Which was it ? Con- gress , the representative of the nation , does the highest civil act that can be done ; it pronounces the birth of a nation , and orders it ...
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... army superior to the civil power . Par . 15. Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution . Par . 16. Quartered large bodies of troops among us . Par . 17. Protecting the soldiers when they had killed citi- zens . Par . 18. Interfering with ...
... army superior to the civil power . Par . 15. Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution . Par . 16. Quartered large bodies of troops among us . Par . 17. Protecting the soldiers when they had killed citi- zens . Par . 18. Interfering with ...
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... I use the word self - government in the exact sense in which Mr. Jefferson used it , in a passage which I have quoted in the Civil Liberty and Self - Govern- ment . in the army are ante - dated to give the 94 WHAT IS OUR CONSTITUTION—
... I use the word self - government in the exact sense in which Mr. Jefferson used it , in a passage which I have quoted in the Civil Liberty and Self - Govern- ment . in the army are ante - dated to give the 94 WHAT IS OUR CONSTITUTION—
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Página 188 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Página 111 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 61 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies...
Página 311 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Página 41 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Página 111 - 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.
Página 51 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 51 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 308 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 68 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops : that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.