"I maintain that the House is bound by……" — Caleb Cushing
"I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate."
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Caleb Cushing
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24 Quotes by Caleb Cushing
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your…
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I…
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Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and…
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And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions…
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by…
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I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or…
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I…
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is…
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption…
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The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of…
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing…
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