Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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... Executive , and Judicial departments , each of which is entirely independent in the performance of its appropriate duties . This system of practical checks and balances , altogether peculiar to us , VOL . III . 4 is designed to operate ...
... Executive , and Judicial departments , each of which is entirely independent in the performance of its appropriate duties . This system of practical checks and balances , altogether peculiar to us , VOL . III . 4 is designed to operate ...
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... executive powers . Some of the sovereignties , or States , had long existed , and , subject only to the restraint of the power of the parent country , had been accustomed to the forms and to the exercise of the powers of Representative ...
... executive powers . Some of the sovereignties , or States , had long existed , and , subject only to the restraint of the power of the parent country , had been accustomed to the forms and to the exercise of the powers of Representative ...
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... Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its accustomed powers . One by one , they are practically struck ...
... Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its accustomed powers . One by one , they are practically struck ...
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... Executive government to select such as it pleases , to intrust the public money to their keeping , without responsibility to the laws of the United States , without the duty of exhibiting their concerns , at any time , to the Committees ...
... Executive government to select such as it pleases , to intrust the public money to their keeping , without responsibility to the laws of the United States , without the duty of exhibiting their concerns , at any time , to the Committees ...
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... Executive himself becomes but the mere point of concentration of party power ; and when Executive power is exercised or is claimed for the supposed benefit of party , party will approve and justify it . and justify it . When did heated ...
... Executive himself becomes but the mere point of concentration of party power ; and when Executive power is exercised or is claimed for the supposed benefit of party , party will approve and justify it . and justify it . When did heated ...
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