Liberty Documents: With Contemporary Exposition and Critical Comments Drawn from Various WritersAlbert Bushnell Hart |
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... judgment of the person who may prepare such a work , although certain papers can no more be omitted from the set of Liberty Documents than the letter " e " can be left out of the alphabet . A part of the intel- lectual outfit of all ...
... judgment of the person who may prepare such a work , although certain papers can no more be omitted from the set of Liberty Documents than the letter " e " can be left out of the alphabet . A part of the intel- lectual outfit of all ...
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... judgment of so many great constitutional principles ; for , besides the text , the references at the end of each piece carry the student to the best contemporaries and the best modern writers . In a certain sense the book is a little ...
... judgment of so many great constitutional principles ; for , besides the text , the references at the end of each piece carry the student to the best contemporaries and the best modern writers . In a certain sense the book is a little ...
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... Judgments of Great Britain MARSHALL , History of the Colonies Planted by the English THWAITES , The Colonies • 144 . 146 147 148 150 • . • 152 153 CHAPTER XII THE STAMP ACT CONTROVERSY ( 1765 ) Suggestions CONTENTS xxi.
... Judgments of Great Britain MARSHALL , History of the Colonies Planted by the English THWAITES , The Colonies • 144 . 146 147 148 150 • . • 152 153 CHAPTER XII THE STAMP ACT CONTROVERSY ( 1765 ) Suggestions CONTENTS xxi.
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... JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS , OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND . This vital principle of personal liberty ante- dates Magna Charta , and was defined more clearly 40. WE WILL SELL TO NO MAN , WE WILL NOT DENY TO ANY MAN , EITHER JUSTICE OR RIGHT . 41 ...
... JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS , OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND . This vital principle of personal liberty ante- dates Magna Charta , and was defined more clearly 40. WE WILL SELL TO NO MAN , WE WILL NOT DENY TO ANY MAN , EITHER JUSTICE OR RIGHT . 41 ...
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... judgment of his peers , of his lands , castles , liberties , or right , we will forthwith restore them to him ; and if any dispute arise upon this head , let the matter be decided by the five - and - twenty barons hereafter mentioned ...
... judgment of his peers , of his lands , castles , liberties , or right , we will forthwith restore them to him ; and if any dispute arise upon this head , let the matter be decided by the five - and - twenty barons hereafter mentioned ...
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Page 235 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 290 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 254 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Page 294 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 206 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restriction shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property, imported into any State, to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided, also, that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States, or either of them.
Page 209 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Page 211 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands and the states which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants, or either of them, being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed...
Page 293 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Page 297 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
Page 296 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.