Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the United States: Including the Most Important of His State PapersMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 397 pages |
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Page 36 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God. Where thou diest I will die and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 384 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children : That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; Who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments...
Page 184 - 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 268 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union...
Page 284 - I have no discretionary power on the subject — my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution, deceived you— they could not have been deceived themselves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they know that such opposition must be repelled. Their object is disunion ; but be not deceived by names ; disunion, by armed force, is TREASON.
Page 261 - Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves — in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to the centre, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
Page 384 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
Page 283 - I have urged you to look back to the means that were used to hurry you on to the position you have now assumed, and forward to the consequences it will produce. Something more is necessary. Contemplate the condition of that country of which you still form an important part. Consider its government uniting in one bond of common interest and general protection so many different States — giving to all their inhabitants the proud title of American citizens, protecting their commerce, securing their...
Page 261 - It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.
Page 249 - Mere prece dent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the states can be considered as well settled. So far from this being the case on this subject, an argument against the bank might be based on precedent. One Congress, in 1791, decided in favor of a bank; another, in 1811, decided against it.