 | 1819 - 660 pages
...those embarrassments. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...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,... | |
 | William Rawle - Law - 1825 - 438 pages
...nature of the objects themselves. If it contained 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, it would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and rather tend to embarrass than to elucidate.... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...those embarrassments^ 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 these may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 520 pages
...constitution to 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 pages
...did not attempt to go into an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers would admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. That would have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...embarrassments. • A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...would probably never be understood by the public. |_Its nature therefore requires that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 442 pages
...Constitution," he continued, " can contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of its powers, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. Its nature required that only the * Marshall. great outlines should be marked and its important objects... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...Constitution," he continued, " can contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of its powers, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. Its nature required that only the * Marshall. great outlines should be marked and its important objects... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1847 - 640 pages
...Marshall s:tiil : " A constitution, lo contain an accurate 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 prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely... | |
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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... 
