Life of John C. Calhoun, Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events from 1811 to 1843Harper & Brothers, 1843 - 76 sider |
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... questions which have arisen during that long interval ; and , although he has asked a release from farther public service , it is not impossible that he may be destined to close his career as a statesman in another and a higher station ...
... questions which have arisen during that long interval ; and , although he has asked a release from farther public service , it is not impossible that he may be destined to close his career as a statesman in another and a higher station ...
Side 6
... question , as to the legitimate source of power . He did not decline an open and direct avowal of his opinion . A discussion ensued between them , which exhausted the time allotted for the recitation , and in which the pupil maintained ...
... question , as to the legitimate source of power . He did not decline an open and direct avowal of his opinion . A discussion ensued between them , which exhausted the time allotted for the recitation , and in which the pupil maintained ...
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... question was of the greatest magnitude , and he to whom he had to reply , a vet- eran statesman of unsurpassed eloquence . How he acquitted himself , the pa- pers of the day will best attest . The remarks of the Richmond Enquirer , then ...
... question was of the greatest magnitude , and he to whom he had to reply , a vet- eran statesman of unsurpassed eloquence . How he acquitted himself , the pa- pers of the day will best attest . The remarks of the Richmond Enquirer , then ...
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... questions relating to the finances , the army , the navy , the mode of conducting the war , and its success and disasters . These gave rise to many warm and animated debates of deep interest and excitement at the time , and in most of ...
... questions relating to the finances , the army , the navy , the mode of conducting the war , and its success and disasters . These gave rise to many warm and animated debates of deep interest and excitement at the time , and in most of ...
Side 13
... question out of the ordinary course , and which excited much interest at the time , became the subject of discussion , that of the merchants ' bonds . The Non - importation Act ( one of the restrictive measures ) was in force when war ...
... question out of the ordinary course , and which excited much interest at the time , became the subject of discussion , that of the merchants ' bonds . The Non - importation Act ( one of the restrictive measures ) was in force when war ...
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Side 39 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Side 45 - That to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party: 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...
Side 39 - 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.
Side 37 - To avoid these evils it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation, and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Side 42 - That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
Side 63 - States of this Union, composes an important part of their domestic institutions, inherited from their ancestors, and existing at the adoption of the Constitution...
Side 63 - Resolved, That this Government was instituted and adopted by the several states of this Union as a common agent, in order to carry into effect the powers which they had delegated by the Constitution for their mutual security and prosperity . and that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this Government is bound...