Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His LifeJ.F. Brown and W. White, 1837 - 429 pages |
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... house , where he commenced the study of the languages , and here he remained , till the war then raging between this country and Britain , extended its ravages into the imme- diate vicinity . At that period , though scarcely fourteen ...
... house , where he commenced the study of the languages , and here he remained , till the war then raging between this country and Britain , extended its ravages into the imme- diate vicinity . At that period , though scarcely fourteen ...
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... House of Representatives , John Quincy Adams was elected President , under circumstan- ces , well calculated to excite suspicions of corruption . In October 1825 , Jackson was again nominated to the Presidency , by an almost unanimous ...
... House of Representatives , John Quincy Adams was elected President , under circumstan- ces , well calculated to excite suspicions of corruption . In October 1825 , Jackson was again nominated to the Presidency , by an almost unanimous ...
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... House of Representatives ; It affords me pleasure to tender my friendly greetings to you on the occasion of your assembling at the Seat of Government , to enter upon the important duties to which you have been called by the voice of our ...
... House of Representatives ; It affords me pleasure to tender my friendly greetings to you on the occasion of your assembling at the Seat of Government , to enter upon the important duties to which you have been called by the voice of our ...
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... House of Representa- tives . Experience proves , that , in proportion as agents to execute the will of the People are multiplied , there is dan- ger of their wishes being frustrated . Some may be un- faithful all are liable to err .. So ...
... House of Representa- tives . Experience proves , that , in proportion as agents to execute the will of the People are multiplied , there is dan- ger of their wishes being frustrated . Some may be un- faithful all are liable to err .. So ...
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... houses , is , therefore , with the proposed alteration of the credits , recommended to your attention . It is worthy of notice , that the laws for the collection and security of the revenue arising from imposts , were chiefly framed ...
... houses , is , therefore , with the proposed alteration of the credits , recommended to your attention . It is worthy of notice , that the laws for the collection and security of the revenue arising from imposts , were chiefly framed ...
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Page 157 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects entrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
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 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...
Page 198 - ... and support. Were we mistaken, my countrymen, in attaching this importance to the constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it ' Did we pledge ourselves to...
Page 200 - Carry out the consequences of this right vested in the different states, and you must perceive that the crisis your conduct presents at this day would recur whenever any law of the United States displeased any of the states, and that we should soon cease to be a nation. The ordinance, with the same knowledge of the future that characterizes a former objection, tells you that the proceeds of the tax will be unconstitutionally applied. If this could be ascertained with certainty, the objection would,...