Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... Constitution of the country . I have nothing to say of those efforts , except that they have been honestly intended . The country sees no reason , I trust , to suppose that on those occasions I have taken counsel of any thing but a deep ...
... Constitution of the country . I have nothing to say of those efforts , except that they have been honestly intended . The country sees no reason , I trust , to suppose that on those occasions I have taken counsel of any thing but a deep ...
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... Constitution and the laws ; or that they may set up any thing for the declaration of that will except the Constitution and the laws themselves ; or that any pub- lic officer , high or low , should undertake to constitute himself , or to ...
... Constitution and the laws ; or that they may set up any thing for the declaration of that will except the Constitution and the laws themselves ; or that any pub- lic officer , high or low , should undertake to constitute himself , or to ...
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... Constitution during the crisis of Nullifica- tion , a Committee was raised , in the spring of 1835 , to procure a piece of plate which should be worthy of such an object . By their direction , and more par- ticularly under the ...
... Constitution during the crisis of Nullifica- tion , a Committee was raised , in the spring of 1835 , to procure a piece of plate which should be worthy of such an object . By their direction , and more par- ticularly under the ...
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... Constitution is not a Treaty , nor any thing like a Treaty ; but a frame of government , resting on the same foundations , and supported by the same sanctions , as any other government , to be subverted only by the same means - by revo ...
... Constitution is not a Treaty , nor any thing like a Treaty ; but a frame of government , resting on the same foundations , and supported by the same sanctions , as any other government , to be subverted only by the same means - by revo ...
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... Constitution and the Laws , and no one assume any responsibility , which is not so . But by what power can this be accomplished ? There is only one . Physi- cal force will not do it . The system of our government has been compared to ...
... Constitution and the Laws , and no one assume any responsibility , which is not so . But by what power can this be accomplished ? There is only one . Physi- cal force will not do it . The system of our government has been compared to ...
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