Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... regulation of government . It was a com- mon opinion with ancient writers , that they were undertaken in reli- gious obedience to the commands of oracles ; and it is probable that impressions of this sort might have had more or less ...
... regulation of government . It was a com- mon opinion with ancient writers , that they were undertaken in reli- gious obedience to the commands of oracles ; and it is probable that impressions of this sort might have had more or less ...
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... regulation which came from the English parliament , adverse to their interests . " To provide more effectually for the ex- ecution of these laws , we know that courts of admiralty were af- terwards established by the crown , with power ...
... regulation which came from the English parliament , adverse to their interests . " To provide more effectually for the ex- ecution of these laws , we know that courts of admiralty were af- terwards established by the crown , with power ...
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... regulate the descent and transmis- sion of property . - Governments like ours could not have been maintained , where property was holden according to the principles of the feudal system ; nor , on the other hand , could the feudal con ...
... regulate the descent and transmis- sion of property . - Governments like ours could not have been maintained , where property was holden according to the principles of the feudal system ; nor , on the other hand , could the feudal con ...
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... regulate the descent and transmission of property . The freest government , if it could exist , would not be long acceptable , if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in few hands , and to render the ...
... regulate the descent and transmission of property . The freest government , if it could exist , would not be long acceptable , if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in few hands , and to render the ...
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... regulate its transmission and alienation , as to interest the great majority of society in the support of the govern- ment . This is , I imagine , the true theory and the actual practice of our republican institutions . With property ...
... regulate its transmission and alienation , as to interest the great majority of society in the support of the govern- ment . This is , I imagine , the true theory and the actual practice of our republican institutions . With property ...
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