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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation. | 0 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. | 1 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. | 2 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. | 3 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. | 4 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. | 5 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | 6 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. | 7 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. | 8 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. | 9 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. | 10 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | This is a retranscription of one of the first Project Gutenberg Etexts, offically dated November 22, 1973-- and now officially re-released on November 22, 1993-- on the 30th anniversary of his assassination. | 11 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom. . . symbolizing an end as well as a beginning. . .signifying renewal as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago. | 12 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Let the word go forth from this time and place. . .to friend and foe alike. . . that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. . . born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. . .and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today. . .at home and around the world. | 14 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share: we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United. . .there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided. . .there is little we can do. . .for we dare not meet a powerful challenge, at odds, and split asunder. To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free: we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom. . .and to remember that. . .in the past. . .those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery: we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. . .not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. | 16 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To our sister republics south of our border: we offer a special pledge. . . to convert our good words into good deeds. . .in a new alliance for progress . . .to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. . .and let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. | 17 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To that world assembly of sovereign states: the United Nations. . . our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support. . .to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective. . .to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak. . . and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. | 18 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversaries, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace; before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course. . .both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of Mankind's final war. | 19 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | So let us begin anew. . .remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms. . .and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah. . .to "undo the heavy burdens. . . let the oppressed go free." | 20 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion. . . let both sides join in creating not a new balance of power. . . but a new world of law. . .where the strong are just. . . and the weak secure. . .and the peace preserved. . . . | 21 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days. . . nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. | 22 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In your hands, my fellow citizens. . .more than mine. . .will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe. Now the trumpet summons us again. . . not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need. . .not as a call to battle. . . though embattled we are. . .but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle. . .year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. . .a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny. . .poverty. . .disease. . .and war itself. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance. . .North and South. . . East and West. . .that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort? | 23 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world. . .ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the Freedom of Man. | 25 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds; let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. | 26 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | This is a retranscription of one of the first Project Gutenberg Etexts, offically dated December 31, 1974-- and now officially re-released on November 19, 1993-- 130 years after it was spoken. We will rerelease the Inaugural Address of President Kennedy, officially on November 22, 1993, on the day of the 30th anniversary of his assassination. | 27 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. | 28 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . . and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . . shall not perish from this earth. | 30 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The following edition of The Consitution of the United States of America has been based on many hours of study of a variety of editions, and will include certain variant spellings, punctuation, and captialization as we have been able to reasonable ascertain belonged to the orginal. In case of internal discrepancies in these matters, most or all have been left. | 31 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. | 33 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. | 34 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. | 35 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by law Direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. | 36 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. | 37 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. | 38 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. | 39 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. | 40 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. | 42 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Each house shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal. | 43 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. | 44 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office. | 45 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. | 47 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 8. The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; | 48 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; | 49 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dockyards, and other needful Buildings;--And | 50 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. | 51 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 9. The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. | 52 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another. | 53 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time. | 54 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. | 55 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. | 56 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress. | 57 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. | 58 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: | 59 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. | 60 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not lie an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a Quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. | 61 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. | 62 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. | 63 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. | 64 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." | 65 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. | 67 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. | 68 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. | 69 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office. | 70 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States; --between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. | 71 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make. | 72 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed. | 73 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. | 74 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. | 75 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime. | 76 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No person held to Service or Labor in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labor, But shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labor may be due. | 77 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. | 78 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. | 79 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. | 80 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States | 83 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, | 84 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Officially released in December 1975, unofficially released for the 200th anniversary of the speech by Patrick Henry before the "House" as he referred to it. [Which was the Virgina Provincial Convention, March 23, 1775] | 85 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. | 86 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. | 87 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! | 88 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. | 89 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! | 90 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. | 91 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne Parts of Virginia; doe, by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. | 92 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth, Anno. Domini, 1620. | 93 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Mr. John Carver Mr. Stephen Hopkins Mr. William Bradford Digery Priest Mr. Edward Winslow Thomas Williams Mr. William Brewster Gilbert Winslow Isaac Allerton Edmund Margesson Miles Standish Peter Brown John Alden Richard Bitteridge John Turner George Soule Francis Eaton Edward Tilly James Chilton John Tilly John Craxton Francis Cooke John Billington Thomas Rogers Joses Fletcher Thomas Tinker John Goodman John Ridgate Mr. Samuel Fuller Edward Fuller Mr. Christopher Martin Richard Clark Mr. William Mullins Richard Gardiner Mr. William White Mr. John Allerton Mr. Richard Warren Thomas English John Howland Edward Doten Edward Liester | 94 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. | 95 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it-- all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war-- seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. | 96 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. | 97 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully. | 98 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | The Almighty has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him? Fondly do we hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." | 99 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. | 100 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | "Resolved: that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." | 103 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in any wise endangered by the now incoming administration. I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause-- as cheerfully to one section as to another. | 104 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | "No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due." | 105 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution-- to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up", their oaths are unanimous. Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? | 106 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or by State authority; but surely that difference is not a very material one. If the slave is to be surrendered, it can be of but little consequence to him or to others by which authority it is done. And should any one in any case be content that his oath shall go unkept on a merely unsubstantial controversy as to HOW it shall be kept? | 107 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Again, in any law upon this subject, ought not all the safeguards of liberty known in civilized and humane jurisprudence to be introduced, so that a free man be not, in any case, surrendered as a slave? And might it not be well at the same time to provide by law for the enforcement of that clause in the Constitution which guarantees that "the citizen of each State shall be entitled to all privileged and immunities of citizens in the several States?" | 108 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | I take the official oath today with no mental reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. And while I do not choose now to specify particular acts of Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest that it will be much safer for all, both in official and private stations, to conform to and abide by all those acts which stand unrepealed, than to violate any of them, trusting to find impunity in having them held to be unConstitutional. | 109 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our national Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the executive branch of the government. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief Constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. | 110 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 | 1 | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | Thomas Jefferson | English | Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it--break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? | 112 |
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