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... nation be born again ? Can it assume a second childhood ? Can it ever be reduced to a state of such poverty as to require simi- lar services ? And , if this nation could be shorn of its power ; be reduced to extreme distress by a second ...
... nation be born again ? Can it assume a second childhood ? Can it ever be reduced to a state of such poverty as to require simi- lar services ? And , if this nation could be shorn of its power ; be reduced to extreme distress by a second ...
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... nation , or his con- stituents , thought proper to condemn him , he was per- fectly willing to abide their verdict . To show that he was so , he asked for the yeas and nays on the question of the passage of this bill . The yeas and nays ...
... nation , or his con- stituents , thought proper to condemn him , he was per- fectly willing to abide their verdict . To show that he was so , he asked for the yeas and nays on the question of the passage of this bill . The yeas and nays ...
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... nations should be adapted to their extent , and other circumstances . The federative system offers advantages for governing well an extensive nation ; but there is some limit , be- yond which it should not be extended . It will not be ...
... nations should be adapted to their extent , and other circumstances . The federative system offers advantages for governing well an extensive nation ; but there is some limit , be- yond which it should not be extended . It will not be ...
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... nations . The gentleman , indeed , says the Emperor of Russia has made a similar allowance to his citizens ... nation to pay all such losses . With regard to the qu stion of retaliation , he differed with the gentleman from ...
... nations . The gentleman , indeed , says the Emperor of Russia has made a similar allowance to his citizens ... nation to pay all such losses . With regard to the qu stion of retaliation , he differed with the gentleman from ...
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... nation had a right to do the other all the harm it could , indiscriminately , without respect to any distinc- tion ... nation has infiict- ed lawless injury on a citizen , his Government is bound to punish that nation , if it can ...
... nation had a right to do the other all the harm it could , indiscriminately , without respect to any distinc- tion ... nation has infiict- ed lawless injury on a citizen , his Government is bound to punish that nation , if it can ...
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Page 127 - The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves...
Page 649 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 129 - Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 1 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Page 637 - The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill (HR 18542) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes.
Page 393 - Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the...
Page 39 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Page 545 - In this state of things, could my refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me, give an immediate opportunity to the people to form and to express with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal...
Page 3 - The vain wish has been sometimes indulged, that Providence would allow the patriot, after death, to return to his country, and to contemplate the intermediate changes which had taken place ; to view the forests felled, the cities built, the mountains levelled, the canals cut, the highways constructed,. the progress of the arts, the advancement of learning, and the increase of population. General, your present visit to the United States is a realization of the consoling object of that wish. You are...
Page 339 - States," as used in this title includes: (1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States...