State of New York: Messages from the Governors, Volume 3J. B. Lyon Company, state printers, 1909 |
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... character deeply interesting to the welfare of the state . It will become your province to divide the state into dis- tricts , according to the fifth section of the fifth article of the constitution , and to invest them with such ...
... character deeply interesting to the welfare of the state . It will become your province to divide the state into dis- tricts , according to the fifth section of the fifth article of the constitution , and to invest them with such ...
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... character and interest of the state , and must be sub- mitted to your wisdom and discretion . Before I conclude this communication , I submit to you the propriety of directing a revision of all the public stat- utes of the state . The ...
... character and interest of the state , and must be sub- mitted to your wisdom and discretion . Before I conclude this communication , I submit to you the propriety of directing a revision of all the public stat- utes of the state . The ...
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... character . It is therefore submitted to your consideration , whether a revision of the laws at this time , has not become indispensably necessary.3 To effect material and radical alterations in the consti- tution and government of a ...
... character . It is therefore submitted to your consideration , whether a revision of the laws at this time , has not become indispensably necessary.3 To effect material and radical alterations in the consti- tution and government of a ...
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... character abroad and confirmed our prosperity at home . It is gratifying to per- ceive , that the greatest maritime power in Europe , with which we are closely connected , by commerce and commu- nication , has adopted a similar pacific ...
... character abroad and confirmed our prosperity at home . It is gratifying to per- ceive , that the greatest maritime power in Europe , with which we are closely connected , by commerce and commu- nication , has adopted a similar pacific ...
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... character , and excite his virtues and talents into activity , must be cherished with a solicitude proportioned to the importance of the end to be attained , and to the means of accomplish- ment . Four - fifths of our population are ...
... character , and excite his virtues and talents into activity , must be cherished with a solicitude proportioned to the importance of the end to be attained , and to the means of accomplish- ment . Four - fifths of our population are ...
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Albany amendment amount annual appointed April 12 April 20 Assembly Auburn prison authorized banks bill Black River canal canal fund capital cents Champlain canals chapter Chemung canal Chenango canal commissioners committee common schools communication condition Congress consideration considered Const constitution construction convicts court court of chancery crime debt deemed directed districts duty effect election enlargement Erie and Champlain Erie canal established evils Executive expenses extended favor February February 24 federal Genesee Valley canal Governor Hudson River hundred important increase institutions interest internal improvement January justice labor Lake lands lature legislation Legislature loans March measure ment militia navigation necessary object officers operation opinion Oswego canal passed April payment persons present prison proper purpose received recommend regard relation respect revenue River secure Senate statute submitted surplus tolls Transmitting treasury United York
Popular passages
Page 804 - Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have given bounds to a new empire.
Page 1027 - Whatever respect might have been felt for the state sovereignties, it is not to be disguised that the framers of the Constitution viewed, with some apprehension, the violent acts which might grow out of the feelings of the moment; and that the people of the United States, in adopting that instrument, have manifested a determination to shield themselves and their property from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which men are exposed.
Page 358 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 478 - States is requested to communicate these resolutions to the governors of the several States, with a request that they will lay the same before the Legislatures thereof respectively.
Page 898 - To avoid these evils, it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue, would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation ; and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution, that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Page 216 - Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to introduce and vote for a bill to repeal an Act entitled ' an Act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 115 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 112 - The first duty of government, and the surest evidence of good government, is the encouragement of education. A general diffusion of knowledge is a precursor and protector of republican institutions, and in it we must confide as the conservative power that will watch over our liberties and guard them against fraud, intrigue, corruption, and violence.
Page 819 - Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 364 - supreme law of the land ; and that the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.