Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His LifeJ.F. Brown and W. White, 1837 - 429 pages |
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... Secretary of War , com- manding him to disband his troops and deliver over all the public stores in his possession to General Wilkinson , who was then commander of that military district — an or- der which must have had its origin in ...
... Secretary of War , com- manding him to disband his troops and deliver over all the public stores in his possession to General Wilkinson , who was then commander of that military district — an or- der which must have had its origin in ...
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... Secretary of War will make you ac- quainted with the condition of our Army , Fortifications , Arsenals and Indian Affairs . The proper discipline of the Army , the training and equipment of the Militia , the education bestowed at West ...
... Secretary of War will make you ac- quainted with the condition of our Army , Fortifications , Arsenals and Indian Affairs . The proper discipline of the Army , the training and equipment of the Militia , the education bestowed at West ...
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... Secretary , by about fifty thousand dollars , for which an appropriation is asked . Your particular attention is requested to that part of the report of the Secretary of War which relates to the money held in trust for the Seneca tribe ...
... Secretary , by about fifty thousand dollars , for which an appropriation is asked . Your particular attention is requested to that part of the report of the Secretary of War which relates to the money held in trust for the Seneca tribe ...
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... become merged in the mass of our population , . The accompanying report of the Secretary of the Na- vy will make you acquainted with the condition and use- ful employment of that branch of our service , during 62 JACKSON'S MESSAGES .
... become merged in the mass of our population , . The accompanying report of the Secretary of the Na- vy will make you acquainted with the condition and use- ful employment of that branch of our service , during 62 JACKSON'S MESSAGES .
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... Secretary , to which I refer you , for other interesting de- tails . Among these I would bespeak the attention of Congress for the views presented in relation to the ine- quality between the army and navy as to the pay of offi- cers ...
... Secretary , to which I refer you , for other interesting de- tails . Among these I would bespeak the attention of Congress for the views presented in relation to the ine- quality between the army and navy as to the pay of offi- cers ...
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Page 48 - The duties of all public officers are, or, at least, admit of being made so plain and simple, that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance...
Page 249 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Page 167 - There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Page 422 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 220 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 194 - But reasoning on this subject is superfluous when our social compact, in express terms, declares that the laws of the United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, and, for greater caution, adds "that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 191 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Page 167 - Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits ; but have besought us to make them richer by acts of Congress.
Page 48 - In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense. No individual wrong is, therefore, done by removal, since neither appointment to nor continuance in office is matter of right.
Page 207 - Union by the secession of one of its members. When the first was proposed, it was known that it could not be listened to for a moment. It was known, if force was applied to oppose the execution of the laws that it must be repelled by force ; that Congress could not, without involving itself in disgrace and the country in ruin, accede to the proposition ; and yet if this is not done...