The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, Publishers, 1891 - 359 pages |
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Page 52
... vote , and to take part in making the laws by which they were governed ; in the Virginia woods they could do neither , for they were ruled by a council that was in turn ruled by the king . Virginia had property , but most of them were ...
... vote , and to take part in making the laws by which they were governed ; in the Virginia woods they could do neither , for they were ruled by a council that was in turn ruled by the king . Virginia had property , but most of them were ...
Page 56
... vote or not ; but now that he was a property - holder , he wanted that right . - 52. What Tobacco did for Virginia . In 1612 John Rolfe , the husband of Pocahontas , began the systematic cultivation of tobacco . In the course of a few ...
... vote or not ; but now that he was a property - holder , he wanted that right . - 52. What Tobacco did for Virginia . In 1612 John Rolfe , the husband of Pocahontas , began the systematic cultivation of tobacco . In the course of a few ...
Page 70
... vote for a thief , and the smuggler for a smuggler . " In regard to freedom of worship he was equally decided . A minister who ventured to preach doctrines different from those of the Dutch Protestant Church was fined $ 500 , and those ...
... vote for a thief , and the smuggler for a smuggler . " In regard to freedom of worship he was equally decided . A minister who ventured to preach doctrines different from those of the Dutch Protestant Church was fined $ 500 , and those ...
Page 83
... vote ; Occupations of the People . From the outset all public matters were settled in town - meeting as in Plymouth . When the colony grew too large for that , then the towns sent representatives to the legislature , or General Court ...
... vote ; Occupations of the People . From the outset all public matters were settled in town - meeting as in Plymouth . When the colony grew too large for that , then the towns sent representatives to the legislature , or General Court ...
Page 84
... voting to all who asked it . He and his friends wanted a state governed not by the majority , but by a select few . " The best part of a community , " said he , " is always the least , and of that part the wiser are still less . " SCALE ...
... voting to all who asked it . He and his friends wanted a state governed not by the majority , but by a select few . " The best part of a community , " said he , " is always the least , and of that part the wiser are still less . " SCALE ...
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Page 286 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page ix - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page xiv - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Page x - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page xiv - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Page 31 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page xiii - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page xi - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 281 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page xv - Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightyseven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.