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Page 191
Whereas , a Convention assembled in the State of South Carolina , have passed
an Ordinance by which they declare , “ That the several acts and parts of acts of
the Congress of the United States purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties
...
Whereas , a Convention assembled in the State of South Carolina , have passed
an Ordinance by which they declare , “ That the several acts and parts of acts of
the Congress of the United States purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties
...
Page 197
The first virtually acknowledges , that the law in question was passed under a
power expressly given by the Constitution , to lay and collect imposts : but its
constitutionality is drawn in question from the motives of those who passed it .
However ...
The first virtually acknowledges , that the law in question was passed under a
power expressly given by the Constitution , to lay and collect imposts : but its
constitutionality is drawn in question from the motives of those who passed it .
However ...
Page 201
And we do this , not because Congress have no right to pass such laws ; this we
do not allege , but because they have ... They are unconstitutional from the
motives of those who passed them , which we can never with certainty know —
from ...
And we do this , not because Congress have no right to pass such laws ; this we
do not allege , but because they have ... They are unconstitutional from the
motives of those who passed them , which we can never with certainty know —
from ...
Page 220
this ordinance , and such acts and measures of the Legislature as may be
passed or adopted in obedience thereto . " It further ordains , “ that in no case of
law or equity , decided in the courts of the State , wherein shall be drawn in
question the ...
this ordinance , and such acts and measures of the Legislature as may be
passed or adopted in obedience thereto . " It further ordains , “ that in no case of
law or equity , decided in the courts of the State , wherein shall be drawn in
question the ...
Page 225
No 9 , is “ An act concerning the oath required by the ordinance passed in
Convention at Columbia , on the 24th of November , 1832 . ” This act prescribes
the form of the oath , which is , to obey and execute the ordinance and all acts
passed ...
No 9 , is “ An act concerning the oath required by the ordinance passed in
Convention at Columbia , on the 24th of November , 1832 . ” This act prescribes
the form of the oath , which is , to obey and execute the ordinance and all acts
passed ...
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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,...
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| Title | Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His Life |
| Author | United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) |
| Publisher | J.F. Brown and W. White, 1837 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 437 pages |
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