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" A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced... "
John Marshall: Complete Constitutional Decisions - Page 264
by John Marshall - 1903 - 799 pages
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Niles' National Register, Volume 16

1819 - 660 pages
...contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution,...the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely he embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore,...
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A View of the Constitution of the United States of America

William Rawle - Law - 1825 - 438 pages
...to the people." The question is not completely settled by this article. The nature of a constitution requires that only its great outlines should be marked,...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. If it contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and...
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A View of the Constitution of the United States of America

William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 530 pages
...completely settled by this article. " The nature of a constitution requires that only its great out" lines should be marked, its important objects designated,...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. If it " contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which " its great powers will admit,...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...of all the subdivisions, of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means, by which these may be carried into execution, would partake of the...would probably never be understood by the public. I Its nature, therefore, requires, that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects...
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A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: With an ...

James Asheton Bayard - 1834 - 198 pages
...natural and obvious sense, without unnecessary restriction or enlargement. The nature of the Constitution requires that only its great outlines should be marked...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves. If it contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions, of which its great powers will admit, and...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 7

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 520 pages
...contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and all the means by which they may be carried into execution,...requires that only its great outlines should be marked — iis important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which compose those ol'jects, be deduced...
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The New-York review [ed. by F.L. Hawks]. Wanting no.6,8, Volume 2

Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 pages
...have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature required that only its great outlines should be marked, its...important objects designated, and the minor ingredients left to be deduced. J There is no restrictive term preventing the Constitution from receiving a fair...
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The New-York Review, Volume 2

Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1838 - 546 pages
...have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature required that only its great outlines should be marked, its...important objects designated, and the minor ingredients left to be deduced. There is no restrictive term preventing the Constitution from receiving a fair...
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The Writings of John Marshall, Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon ...

John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution,...would probably never be understood by the public. |_Its nature therefore requires that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects...
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De Bow's Commercial Review of the South & West, Volume 3

James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1847 - 640 pages
...detail of all the' subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which ihey may be carried into execution, would partake of the...deduced from the nature of the objects themselves." From the peculiar relation of the government of the United States towards the State government, much...
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