| Sir Henry Parkes - Australia - 1890 - 216 pages
...I am quoting from the message of the President conveying his veto on one of their Bills. He says : Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. Daniel Webster among others strongly condemned the .President, and thus spoke of it at the time : —... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 858 pages
...each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each pnblic ollicrr, who takes nn oath to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not oa it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate,... | |
| Hampton Lawrence Carson - Judges - 1892 - 472 pages
...co-ordinate authorities of this government. The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...he understands it, and not as it is understood by others."1 1 The question whether the Departments of the Government are independent of each other, and... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...authorities of this government. The Congress, the executive, and the court must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. Again and again have I heard Judge Douglas denounce that bank decision and applaud General Jackson... | |
| Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1897 - 396 pages
...oath of office. President Jackson, in his celebrated message, vetoing the Bank bill, says : " Every public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." In this statement, as an, argument, there would seem to.be nothing but the most pernicious error. A... | |
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