Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862. Excerpt: ... so on the school boy principle, merely for the purpose of seeing for what purpose the prohibition was put on. Besides the antirepublican form of government, which a settlement on this basis would throw over the territories, this itself bringing on the contentions and disputes, and only postponing for the time being this issue (this question was raised at the mentioning of the project) the most serious evil of all would be that in such a settlement, the government by directly legislating it in a territory would make this a national institution, which, would do much more harm in proportion, than the settlement of the question on this basis would ultimately do good. Our Constitution except i n this (and the defect here, we hold is only in the execution and not in the provisions itself, it being only necessary to carry it out perfectly in spirit,) and in one other respect, is the most perfect form of government ever given to man for their political guidance. The Supreme Court has decided the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional--the incorporation into that instrument of any similiar propositions, would necessarily therefore repeal some of its present provisions. In all of the States, the willful defacing or removing of ancient land marks is an offence against the right of property, so the willful and unnecessary defacing and removing of the land marks of the Constitution should be, by their decendants, considered an offence against the memory of its authors. "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long since established shall not be changed for light and transient causes"--Declaration of Independence. An innovation every few years will gradually change the form of government, especially should the change be from republican to anti-republican, as it h...
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