 | Daniel Webster - 1844 - 512 pages
...to fall, before the American people, the veto message, 152 he holds the following language : — " Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it us he understands it, and not as it is understood by others." Mr. President, the general adoption of... | |
 | 1845 - 288 pages
...the Executive, and the Court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1847 - 306 pages
...the Exe'cutive, and the Court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1847 - 306 pages
...the Executive, and the Court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1852 - 90 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears thai he toil! support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | United States. President - 1853 - 544 pages
...the executive, and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. \^Each public officer, who takes an oath to support...understands it, and not as it is understood by others."} It is as much the duty of the house of representative's, of the senate, and of the president, to decide... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 762 pages
...the Executive, and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 784 pages
...the Executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it and not as it is understood by others. It is as mcch the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to deiie... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 pages
...the executive, and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. * * * The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - 1856 - 396 pages
...of the United States." He then quotes this language, in which he italicizes the following sentence: "Each public officer, who takes an oath to support...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." "With these authoritative words of Andrew Jackson," says he, " I dismiss this topic. The early legislation... | |
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The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood... 
