A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... Election of Mr. Jefferson as President of the United States --- Judiciary Repeal - Repeal of the Internal Taxes ---- Insurance Company . [ page 280 . CHAPTER XVII . Convention of 1799 --- Essential alterations of the old Constitution ...
... Election of Mr. Jefferson as President of the United States --- Judiciary Repeal - Repeal of the Internal Taxes ---- Insurance Company . [ page 280 . CHAPTER XVII . Convention of 1799 --- Essential alterations of the old Constitution ...
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... election had , however , proceeded too far to change its object , when Clark , who had been detained , arrived at the town ; the gentlemen elected , although they were aware the choice could give them no seat in the legislature ...
... election had , however , proceeded too far to change its object , when Clark , who had been detained , arrived at the town ; the gentlemen elected , although they were aware the choice could give them no seat in the legislature ...
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... elections for representatives - receive military pro- tection , or be distinctly heard in the legislature , in consequence of their detached situation : but composing a county themselves , they , by the constitution of the State , were ...
... elections for representatives - receive military pro- tection , or be distinctly heard in the legislature , in consequence of their detached situation : but composing a county themselves , they , by the constitution of the State , were ...
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... elections for members of the State legislature , to elect represen- tatives to meet in convention in the ensuing May . This second convention was expressly charged with an interesting question , and one hitherto untried even in the ...
... elections for members of the State legislature , to elect represen- tatives to meet in convention in the ensuing May . This second convention was expressly charged with an interesting question , and one hitherto untried even in the ...
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... elections for members of the legisla- ture of Virginia , and for a second convention at Danville . By the 23d of May ... election of deputies for the proposed convention , ought to be on the princi ples of equal representation ; " by ...
... elections for members of the legisla- ture of Virginia , and for a second convention at Danville . By the 23d of May ... election of deputies for the proposed convention , ought to be on the princi ples of equal representation ; " by ...
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Seite 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Seite 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Seite 287 - 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...
Seite 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 287 - 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.
Seite 287 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Seite 313 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Seite 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Seite 19 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Seite 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...