The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Том 2A.S. Barnes & Company, 1846 |
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Сторінка 71 - in which case the secretary of the treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and if not, immediately after the own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity to his orders. • •••••••
Сторінка 135 - actual proceedings of the senate, such as the constitution says, each house shall keep- The constitution, therefore, is, in our deliberate judgment, violated by this proceeding, in the most plain and open manner. " The constitution, moreover, provides, that the YEAS and NAYS on any question shall. at the request of one fifth of the members present, be entered
Сторінка 70 - the supreme court of the United States, given in the note* below, in the case of Mar• " By the constitution of the United States, the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which, he is to
Сторінка 118 - of March, 1834, when the substance of them was passed, by a vote of 26 to 20, in the following form:— "Resolved, That the president, in the late executive proceedings, in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." It will be interesting, as well as instructive, in this connexion,
Сторінка 98 - power! If it was really necessary that steps should be taken to preserve the purity of the *" ' Section 2. That if any person shall write, print, utter, or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered, or published, or shall, knowingly and willingly, assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering, or publishing, any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings,
Сторінка 252 - of June, 1842; but the third section of the act provides that, from and after that day, ' duties upon imports shall be laid for the purpose of raising such revenue as may be necessary to an economical administration of the government;' and also that such duties shall be assessed on the home valuation and payable in
Сторінка 97 - proposed to take the morals, the press, and the elective franchise, under its charge. The famous paper of the 18th of September said : " Its responsibility [the measure of removal] has been assumed, after the most mature deliberation and reflection, as necessary to preserve the morals of the people, the freedom of the press, and the purity of the elective franchise.
Сторінка 291 - which the theory itself implies of a reciprocal adoption by other nations, experience teaches that so many circumstances must occur in introducing and maturing manufacturing establishments, especially of a more complicated kind, that a country may remain long without them, although sufficiently advanced, and in some respects peculiarly fitted for carrying them on with success. Under
Сторінка 309 - and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid one hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then taxed from two to ten per cent.