Observations on the Late Presidential Veto: Together with a Plan for a Change of the Constitution Relative to this PowerJ. Munroe, 1842 - 78 pages |
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... produce that state of the public mind , in which it might be impregnated with the proposed change , did not prove on experiment to be of an interest suf- ficiently extensive or sufficiently exciting for that purpose . Amid PRESIDENTIAL ...
... produce that state of the public mind , in which it might be impregnated with the proposed change , did not prove on experiment to be of an interest suf- ficiently extensive or sufficiently exciting for that purpose . Amid PRESIDENTIAL ...
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... produced on a mind of ordinary powers by a success in life out of all proportion to his abilities , he is equally inaccessible to argument and acces- sible to flattery ; obstinate and suspicious ; at the same time ready to go the ...
... produced on a mind of ordinary powers by a success in life out of all proportion to his abilities , he is equally inaccessible to argument and acces- sible to flattery ; obstinate and suspicious ; at the same time ready to go the ...
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... produce it ; and how can they continue to preserve harmony and confidence , when the ma- jority of Congress are already determined to abrogate them , and when in fact the whole country is in a violent state of fer- mentation and discord ...
... produce it ; and how can they continue to preserve harmony and confidence , when the ma- jority of Congress are already determined to abrogate them , and when in fact the whole country is in a violent state of fer- mentation and discord ...
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... produce harmony , to which they are all opposed ; that that is demanded by a great majority of the people , which they , the legal , constitutional representatives of the majority of the people , protest against ? The whole question is ...
... produce harmony , to which they are all opposed ; that that is demanded by a great majority of the people , which they , the legal , constitutional representatives of the majority of the people , protest against ? The whole question is ...
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... produce harmony , to which they are all opposed ; that that is demanded by a great majority of the people , which they , the legal , constitutional representatives of the majority of the people , protest against ? - The whole question ...
... produce harmony , to which they are all opposed ; that that is demanded by a great majority of the people , which they , the legal , constitutional representatives of the majority of the people , protest against ? - The whole question ...
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Page 22 - Legislature before it shall operate, and every act of a particular Legislature before a Negative thereon shall be final; and that the dissent of the said Council shall amount to a rejection, unless the Act of the National Legislature be again passed, or that of a particular Legislature be again negatived by of the members of each branch.
Page 20 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 28 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 32 - ... which could not give to an individual citizen that settled preeminence in the eyes of the rest, that weight of property, that personal interest against betraying the national interest, which appertain to an hereditary magistrate.
Page 23 - Mr. GERRY doubts whether the judiciary ought to form a part of it, as they will have a sufficient check against encroachments on their own department by their exposition of the laws, which involved a power of deciding on their constitutionality.
Page 15 - I could not give my sanction to a measure of the character described, without surrendering all claim to the respect of honorable men — all confidence on the part of the people — all self-respect — all regard for moral and religious obligations ; without an observance of which, no government can be prosperous, and no people can be happy. It would be to commit a crime which I would not wilfully commit to gain any earthly reward, and which would justly subject me to the ridicule and scorn of all...
Page 23 - Mr. King seconds the motion, observing that the Judges ought to be able to expound the law as it should come before them, free from the bias of having participated in its formation.
Page 35 - And since you know you cannot see yourself So well as by reflection, I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which yet you know not of.
Page 46 - When I was a member of either House of Congress I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce me to give my vote against it; but I have not been able to bring myself to believe that a doubtful opinion of the Chief Magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the States.
Page 15 - ... willingness to cooperate in all financial measures, constitutional and proper, which in its wisdom it may judge necessary and proper to reestablish the credit of the Government. I believe that the proceeds of the sales of the public lands being restored to the Treasury — or, more properly speaking, the proviso of the act of September, 1841 , being permitted to remain in full force — a tariff of duties may easily be adjusted, which, while it will yield a revenue sufficient to maintain the...