 | Henry Wilson - 1874
...affirmed that " 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 by others." Mr. Sumner avowed that he supported the Constitution as he understood it, and maintained that the Fugitive... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 596 pages
...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 by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - 1874 - 270 pages
...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 by, others. The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 596 pages
...swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others." Yes, sir, AS HE UNDERSTANDS IT, and not as it is understood by others. Does any Senator here dissent from this rule ? Does the Senator from Virginia ? Does the Senator from... | |
 | 1875
...these words : " 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...AS HE UNDERSTANDS IT, and not as it is understood liy others. Does any Senator here dissent from this rule? Does the Senator from Virginia ? Does the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875
...Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears that he itrill 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... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875
...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 by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Nathan Sargent - 1875 - 59 pages
...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 by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has... | |
 | Patrick Cudmore - 1875 - 262 pages
...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 by others. That he had the same right to remove Stanton that Lincoln had to remove Floyd, the They held the tenure-of-office... | |
 | Nathan Sargent - 1875 - 59 pages
...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 by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has... | |
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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... 
