On Civil Liberty and Self-government, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1853 - 552 pages |
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... CHARTER OF LOUIS XVIII . , AND THAT ADOPTED IN THE YEAR 1830 XII . CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC XIII . THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF FRANCE XIV . REPORT OF THE FRENCH SENATORIAL COMMITTEE ON THE PETITIONS TO CHANGE THE REPUBLIC ...
... CHARTER OF LOUIS XVIII . , AND THAT ADOPTED IN THE YEAR 1830 XII . CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC XIII . THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF FRANCE XIV . REPORT OF THE FRENCH SENATORIAL COMMITTEE ON THE PETITIONS TO CHANGE THE REPUBLIC ...
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... charter and the petition of rights have passed over into our constitutions . We belong to the Anglican tribe , which carries Angli- can principles and liberty over the globe , because , wherever it moves , liberal institutions and a ...
... charter and the petition of rights have passed over into our constitutions . We belong to the Anglican tribe , which carries Angli- can principles and liberty over the globe , because , wherever it moves , liberal institutions and a ...
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... charters of the whole Anglican tribe , which belong to " the times when governments chartered liberty , " and to those " when the people charter governments . " We must observe what principles , measures , and guarantees were most in ...
... charters of the whole Anglican tribe , which belong to " the times when governments chartered liberty , " and to those " when the people charter governments . " We must observe what principles , measures , and guarantees were most in ...
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... charters which were considered peculiarly favourable to liberty , such as many of the colonies out of which the United States arose . We must attentively study the struggles in which the people waged their all to preserve their ...
... charters which were considered peculiarly favourable to liberty , such as many of the colonies out of which the United States arose . We must attentively study the struggles in which the people waged their all to preserve their ...
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... charter says , section III . : 1. " Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them , or in adhering to their enemies , giving them aid and comfort . No person shall be convicted of treason , unless on ...
... charter says , section III . : 1. " Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them , or in adhering to their enemies , giving them aid and comfort . No person shall be convicted of treason , unless on ...
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Page 454 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states ; fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 453 - ... same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different states.
Page 467 - 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 452 - ... the United States in congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within the time agreed upon by the United States in congress assembled. AET. IX. The United States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 467 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 449 - If any person, guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 446 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 459 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. >The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page 449 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in congress assembled.
Page 439 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament.