 | United States. Congress - 1908 - 864 pages
...precedent therefore which, Jf Its authority were admitted, ought to weigh in favor of the act before me. who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears...understands it and not as it is understood by others. It Is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Sonate, and of the President to decide... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 656 pages
...swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others." Yes, sir, AS HE UNDERSTANDS IT, and not as it is understood by others. Does any Senator here dissent from this rule ? Does the Senator from Virginia ? Does the Senator from... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 474 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Patrick Cudmore - 1875 - 278 pages
...Congress, Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support...understands it and not as it is understood by others. That he had the same right to remove Stanton that Lincoln had to remove Floyd, the They held the tenure-of-office... | |
 | Nathan Sargent - 1875 - 364 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 566 pages
...the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public oflicer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and*not as it it understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 464 pages
...opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer, ivho takes an oath to support the Constitution, sivears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is ^mderstood by others*. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...to stand or to fall before the American people, the veto message, he holds the following language: "Each public officer who takes an oath to support...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." The general adoption of the sentiments expressed in this sentence would dissolve our government. It... | |
 | Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 706 pages
...the executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
 | Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 674 pages
...the executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President, to decide... | |
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The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood... 
