The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1841, Together with Their Farewell Addresses, and Illustrated with the Portrait of Each of the Presidents. To which is Annexed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. Also, the Constitutions of Many of the Most Important States in the UnionD. Richardson, 1841 - 456페이지 |
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... rience proves , that , in proportion as agents to execute the will of the people are multiplied , there is danger of their wishes being frustrated . Some may be unfaithful ; all are liable to err . So far , therefore , as the people can ...
... rience proves , that , in proportion as agents to execute the will of the people are multiplied , there is danger of their wishes being frustrated . Some may be unfaithful ; all are liable to err . So far , therefore , as the people can ...
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... rience to guide it , or the weight of precedent to justify its measures . But we have passed triumphantly through all these difficulties . Our constitution is no longer a doubtful experiment ; and at the end of nearly half a century ...
... rience to guide it , or the weight of precedent to justify its measures . But we have passed triumphantly through all these difficulties . Our constitution is no longer a doubtful experiment ; and at the end of nearly half a century ...
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... rience , the unerring test of all human undertakings , has shown the wisdom and foresight of those who framed it ; and has proved , that in the union of these states there is a sure foundation for the brightest hopes of freedom , and ...
... rience , the unerring test of all human undertakings , has shown the wisdom and foresight of those who framed it ; and has proved , that in the union of these states there is a sure foundation for the brightest hopes of freedom , and ...
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... rience has already been sufficient to quiet , in a great de- gree , all such apprehensions . The position , at one time assumed that the admission of new states into the Union on the same footing with the original states , was incom ...
... rience has already been sufficient to quiet , in a great de- gree , all such apprehensions . The position , at one time assumed that the admission of new states into the Union on the same footing with the original states , was incom ...
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... rience of the past , and the condition of the present , much to sustain it . And it is greatly to be doubted whether any scheme of finance can prove for any length of time successful , while the States shall continue in the unre ...
... rience of the past , and the condition of the present , much to sustain it . And it is greatly to be doubted whether any scheme of finance can prove for any length of time successful , while the States shall continue in the unre ...
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27 페이지 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
12 페이지 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
25 페이지 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...
29 페이지 - Hence, frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often,...
30 페이지 - As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities...
28 페이지 - The execution of these maxims belongs to your representatives, but it is necessary that public opinion should co-operate. To facilitate to them the performance...
348 페이지 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
23 페이지 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...
349 페이지 - ... best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that...
420 페이지 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government : and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts .and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.