Statue of Hon. John C. Calhoun Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol at Washington: Proceedings in Statuary Hall and in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Occasion of the Unveiling, Reception, and Acceptance of the Statue from the State of South CarolinaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 159 pàgines |
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Pàgina 122 - 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.
Pàgina 122 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
Pàgina 115 - There was nothing groveling, or low, or meanly selfish, that came near the head or the heart of Mr. CALHOUN. Firm in his purpose, perfectly patriotic and honest, as I am sure he was, in the principles that he espoused, and in the measures that he defended, aside from that large regard for that species of distinction that conducted him to eminent stations for the benefit of the republic, I do not believe he had a selfish motive, or selfish feeling.
Pàgina 122 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact ; as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact...
Pàgina 42 - Peaceable secession! Peaceable secession! The concurrent agreement of all the members of this great republic to separate! A voluntary separation, with alimony on one side and on the other. Why, what would be the result? Where is the line to be drawn? What States are to secede? What is to remain American? What am I to be?
Pàgina 122 - Resolved, That alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the state wherein they are; that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual states distinct from their power over citizens; and it being true as a general principle...
Pàgina 89 - Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Pàgina 42 - Where is the flag of the republic to remain? Where is the eagle still to tower ? or is he to cower, and shrink, and fall to the ground...
Pàgina 46 - The Coalition National Government will support the principles of Sun Yat-sen for the establishment in China of a government of the people, for the people and by the people.
Pàgina 41 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick, He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.