Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... authority , or , in other words , to impose constitu- tional restraints on political power . Some , who esteem themselves Republicans , seem to think no other security for public liberty necessary , than a provision for a popular choice ...
... authority , or , in other words , to impose constitu- tional restraints on political power . Some , who esteem themselves Republicans , seem to think no other security for public liberty necessary , than a provision for a popular choice ...
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... authority . It is not among the circumstances of the times , most ominous for good , that a diminished estimate appears to be placed on those constitu- tional securities . A disposition is but too prevalent to substitute personal ...
... authority . It is not among the circumstances of the times , most ominous for good , that a diminished estimate appears to be placed on those constitu- tional securities . A disposition is but too prevalent to substitute personal ...
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... authority which would warrant a revolution in any government , and by none other , -to be justified , when justifiable , by the same paramount necessity , and by nothing less . This government is not the government of the States , but ...
... authority which would warrant a revolution in any government , and by none other , -to be justified , when justifiable , by the same paramount necessity , and by nothing less . This government is not the government of the States , but ...
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... authority on the one hand , and debility and inefficiency on the other . I think that happy medium was found , by the exercise of the greatest politi- cal sagacity , and the influence of the highest good fortune . ` We cannot move the ...
... authority on the one hand , and debility and inefficiency on the other . I think that happy medium was found , by the exercise of the greatest politi- cal sagacity , and the influence of the highest good fortune . ` We cannot move the ...
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... authority , and open , at all times , to the examina- tion and inspection of the legislature . It is no longer constitutional to make such a Bank , for the safe custody of the public treasure . But of the thousand State corporations ...
... authority , and open , at all times , to the examina- tion and inspection of the legislature . It is no longer constitutional to make such a Bank , for the safe custody of the public treasure . But of the thousand State corporations ...
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