The Constitution of the United States Its Sources And Its Application
The Constitution of the United States Its Sources And Its Application
Thomas James Norton
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Assemblies for the discussion of their rights and petitions for the correction of their wrongs had been repeatedly employed by the colonists. *'In every stage of these oppressions, " says the Dec- laration of Independence, "we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered by repeated injury. " When this Constitu- tion was written the right of assembly and petition was preserved in the constitutions of several States. Van Buren's administration w...as marked by a struggle to prevent the receipt and consideration by Congress of petitions for the abolition of slavery. Senator Calhoun declared such petitions a violation of the Constitution. The people must assemble ''peaceably. " Regulations for the preservation of order are not a denial of the right. Nor can the right to petition be employed for the purpose of visidng malice upon others. The petition must be for something within the authority of the body addressed, or the petitioners must in good faith beHeve it to be.
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