A Review of the Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the Late Wm: Cunningham, Esq., Beginning in 1803, and Ending in 1812Cushing and Appleton, 1824 - 197 |
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... Constitution was altered , in the first term of Mr. Jefferson's presidency ( specially , perhaps , for his accommodation , prior to another elec- tion ) the candidates for the offices of President and Vice - President were not ...
... Constitution was altered , in the first term of Mr. Jefferson's presidency ( specially , perhaps , for his accommodation , prior to another elec- tion ) the candidates for the offices of President and Vice - President were not ...
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... constitution ; " " the repeal of the taxes , " so necessary to provide defences against foreign dangers , and to diminish the national debt ; and " the removals of so many of the best men , and the ap- pointments of so many of the worst ...
... constitution ; " " the repeal of the taxes , " so necessary to provide defences against foreign dangers , and to diminish the national debt ; and " the removals of so many of the best men , and the ap- pointments of so many of the worst ...
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... constitution , of which that court is the rightful interpreter : and if the national legislature , or the legislatures of individual states , overleap its boundaries , that court is the only Con- stitutional Power which can bring them ...
... constitution , of which that court is the rightful interpreter : and if the national legislature , or the legislatures of individual states , overleap its boundaries , that court is the only Con- stitutional Power which can bring them ...
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... constitution , and annihilating State Rights ! No ; the obvious solution of their pro- ceedings is this : Feeling their independence of party ; and , like all other men , when not under the bias of per- sonal interest , disposed to do ...
... constitution , and annihilating State Rights ! No ; the obvious solution of their pro- ceedings is this : Feeling their independence of party ; and , like all other men , when not under the bias of per- sonal interest , disposed to do ...
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... Constitution , for obtaining , by its amendment , the desired power . But it is this moral power in the Supreme Court , the pow- er of REASON over brute force , which Mr. Jefferson would destroy . Every four or six years , he would ...
... Constitution , for obtaining , by its amendment , the desired power . But it is this moral power in the Supreme Court , the pow- er of REASON over brute force , which Mr. Jefferson would destroy . Every four or six years , he would ...
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Strona 194 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Strona 187 - What can be your reasons?" "Reason first - You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second - I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third - You can write ten times better than I can." "Well," said Jefferson, "If you are decided, I will do as well as I can.
Strona 193 - A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a [ ] people [who mean to *