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... tion of like encroachments upon their chartered rights ? AUTHOR . Do you not think the prejudices of those who ought to listen , are so strong that they would turn a deaf ear to the truth ? JUDGE H. No. On the contrary , I believe a ...
... tion of like encroachments upon their chartered rights ? AUTHOR . Do you not think the prejudices of those who ought to listen , are so strong that they would turn a deaf ear to the truth ? JUDGE H. No. On the contrary , I believe a ...
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... tion and the cause for which our forefathers contended . JUDGE H. The people ought to know wherein they have been robbed of their liberties , and by whom . You know it was the fear of the Roman citizen that his liberty PREFACE . xix.
... tion and the cause for which our forefathers contended . JUDGE H. The people ought to know wherein they have been robbed of their liberties , and by whom . You know it was the fear of the Roman citizen that his liberty PREFACE . xix.
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... tion to this , I would publish a translated copy of the Magna Charta , a document which should be dear to every American freeman ; and besides , it would be a great curiosity to the American reader , for I do not think it has been ...
... tion to this , I would publish a translated copy of the Magna Charta , a document which should be dear to every American freeman ; and besides , it would be a great curiosity to the American reader , for I do not think it has been ...
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... tion , learning , eloquence , oratory , statesmanship , and religion , in the highest degree . No other form of government ad- vances the virtues and interests of the people to such supe- riority and pre - eminence . It invites ...
... tion , learning , eloquence , oratory , statesmanship , and religion , in the highest degree . No other form of government ad- vances the virtues and interests of the people to such supe- riority and pre - eminence . It invites ...
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... tion . The blow may not be aimed at , but it strikes into the very heart of liberty . Hence the absolute necessity of keeping the liberties of the people pure and immaculate , and free from infringement , by the makers , the ...
... tion . The blow may not be aimed at , but it strikes into the very heart of liberty . Hence the absolute necessity of keeping the liberties of the people pure and immaculate , and free from infringement , by the makers , the ...
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accused arrest arrived authority Baltimore Bastile Benedict called Captain casemates cause charge citizen Colonel Dimick command commission confined Congress Constitution counsel County Court crime custody Democratic Department Deputy despotism discharged District duty elected Erie County Federal fellow-prisoners Fort Delaware Fort Hamilton Fort Lafayette Fort McHenry Fort Mifflin Fort Warren friends furnished gentlemen Government Governor guard habeas corpus honor hour hundred Illinois imprisonment incarcerated informed Judge Advocate Lafayette land letter liberty Lieutenant Wood Lincoln Macgill Mahony Maryland McHenry ment military morning never night o'clock P.M. oath offence Old Capitol Prison outrage papers parole party permitted persons political President Provost Marshal received refused release replied Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent September Seward Sheean Signed SIMON CAMERON soldiers Stanton taken tion trial United violation Warren Washington Winder writ of habeas York
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Page 379 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
Page li - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Page xxiii - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing, and their privileges another ; that these two things may exist without any mutual relation ; the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution.
Page lxvi - Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ARTICLE XIV.
Page l - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. 'The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page lii - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 432 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 432 - THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page lii - Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Page lxii - Articles in Addition to, and Amendment of, the Constitution of the United States of America, Proposed by Congress, and Ratified by the Legislatures of the Several States Pursuant to the Fifth Article of the Original Constitution...