Opis: A Memorial - Taylor Hannis

Excerpt from A Memorial: In Behalf of the Architect of Our Federal Constitution, Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia, Penn

To the Congress of the United States:

The purpose of this memorial is twofold: first, to place in the hands of Congress the data for a new and pivotal chapter in the history of the Constitution that will impress upon succeeding generations the all-important fact that every basic principle which differentiates our existing federal system from all that have preceded it was a part of a single invention struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of one man; second, to press upon Congress the long neglected duty of honoring, by an appropriate monument, the memory of an American statesman and patriot who has made a larger personal contribution to the science of government than any other one individual in the history of mankind. From the data thus presented it clearly appears that among our nation-builders Pelatiah Webster stands second to Washington alone. All the world understands in a vague and general way that certain path-breaking principles entered into the structure of our second federal constitution of 1789 which differentiate it from all other systems of federal government that have preceded it. M. de Tocqueville gave formal expression to that understanding when he said: "This Constitution, which may at first be confounded with federal constitutions that have preceded it, rests in truth upon a wholly novel theory which may he considered a great discovery in modern political science. In the confederations that preceded the American Constitution of 1789, the allied states, for a common object, agreed to obey the injunctions of a federal government; but they reserved to themselves the right of ordaining and enforcing the execution of the laws of the Union.

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Szczegóły: A Memorial - Taylor Hannis

Nazwa: A Memorial In Behalf of the Architect of Our Federal Constitution, Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia, Penn (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Taylor Hannis
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330037577
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 90
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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