The True American: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1839 ... and a Variety of Other Matter Useful and Entertaining, Том 2I. S. Boyd, 1841 |
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... democracy as unsafe , unsound , inimical to liberty , and destruc- tive of the best interests of the great mass of the people . The creation of a national debt ; a na- tional bank ; increased taxation , by enhancing the tariff , not for ...
... democracy as unsafe , unsound , inimical to liberty , and destruc- tive of the best interests of the great mass of the people . The creation of a national debt ; a na- tional bank ; increased taxation , by enhancing the tariff , not for ...
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... democracy , by a liberal use of popular catch- words and phrases , which shall tend to throw honest and confiding citizens off their guard . Enemies of liberty will assume the guise and imitate the speech of its friends . Their measures ...
... democracy , by a liberal use of popular catch- words and phrases , which shall tend to throw honest and confiding citizens off their guard . Enemies of liberty will assume the guise and imitate the speech of its friends . Their measures ...
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... 195 196 ..198 ...... .206 ..229 ... 260 287 303 .316 336 343 Address of the Democratic Members of the Legislature of N. Y. , ..376 Democracy , .......... 396 THE TRUE AMERICAN . GEORGE WASHINGTON . GEORGE WASHINGTON , CONTENTS .
... 195 196 ..198 ...... .206 ..229 ... 260 287 303 .316 336 343 Address of the Democratic Members of the Legislature of N. Y. , ..376 Democracy , .......... 396 THE TRUE AMERICAN . GEORGE WASHINGTON . GEORGE WASHINGTON , CONTENTS .
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... DEMOCRACY is the institution of government by the many , for the common good . Its energy is derived from the will of the people ; its object is the welfare of the people ; its strength is in the affections of the people . It is the ...
... DEMOCRACY is the institution of government by the many , for the common good . Its energy is derived from the will of the people ; its object is the welfare of the people ; its strength is in the affections of the people . It is the ...
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... democracy were brought to our shores by the breezes that wafted the Mayflower across the At- lantic . The pilgrims did not come for wealth , but for liberty ; they describe themselves as alike " removed from gentry and from beggary ...
... democracy were brought to our shores by the breezes that wafted the Mayflower across the At- lantic . The pilgrims did not come for wealth , but for liberty ; they describe themselves as alike " removed from gentry and from beggary ...
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Сторінка 291 - States respectively, or to the people," therefore also the same act of Congress passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, and entitled " An act in addition to the act entitled an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States...
Сторінка 292 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Сторінка 68 - ... impolitic ; for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations, or produce immediate inconveniences ; perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers. The necessity of such caution and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate ; the principle on which that body was formed confining it to a small number of members.
Сторінка 91 - Hidalgo, and the said article and the thirty-third article of the treaty of Amity, commerce, and navigation...
Сторінка 73 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not, I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Сторінка 202 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Сторінка 285 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.
Сторінка 57 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled, by premiums and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Сторінка 287 - Acts exercises, in like manner, a power not delegated by the Constitution, but on the contrary, expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto; a power which, more than any other, ought to produce universal alarm, because it is levelled against...
Сторінка 72 - Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this New World, for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me...