The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution, Band 5editor, 1845 |
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... Clause of the report on the seventh_reso- lution , providing that the proportion of suffrage of each state in the first branch should be one member for every forty thousand inhabitants , resumed Referred to a committee- Clause of the ...
... Clause of the report on the seventh_reso- lution , providing that the proportion of suffrage of each state in the first branch should be one member for every forty thousand inhabitants , resumed Referred to a committee- Clause of the ...
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... clause which confines the keeping and publication of the Journal of the Senate to its legislative business - Agreed to . - SATURDAY , August 11 , ...... - - ..408 Article sixth , relative to the elections , qualifications , and ...
... clause which confines the keeping and publication of the Journal of the Senate to its legislative business - Agreed to . - SATURDAY , August 11 , ...... - - ..408 Article sixth , relative to the elections , qualifications , and ...
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... clauses relative to the importation and migration of slaves , and to a capitation tax , and navigation act , to a grand ... clause to such states as permit the importation of slaves - Disagreed to- Motion that the tax on such importation ...
... clauses relative to the importation and migration of slaves , and to a capitation tax , and navigation act , to a grand ... clause to such states as permit the importation of slaves - Disagreed to- Motion that the tax on such importation ...
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... clause requiring their admission on the same terms with the original states- Agreed to . THURSDAY , August 30 , ..... .494 - Article seventeenth , relative to the admis- sion of new states , resumed - Motion not to require any other ...
... clause requiring their admission on the same terms with the original states- Agreed to . THURSDAY , August 30 , ..... .494 - Article seventeenth , relative to the admis- sion of new states , resumed - Motion not to require any other ...
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... clause ; in favor of which it was said , that such a menace ought to be sus- pended until Vermont should refuse to comply with the requisition ; especially , said Mr. Howell , as the present proceeding , being at the instance of Phelps ...
... clause ; in favor of which it was said , that such a menace ought to be sus- pended until Vermont should refuse to comply with the requisition ; especially , said Mr. Howell , as the present proceeding , being at the instance of Phelps ...
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Seite 256 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise [without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 324 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Seite 64 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in congress assembled shall from...
Seite 63 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to, or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.
Seite 192 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation; namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and threefifths of all other persons, not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes in each state.
Seite 570 - I confess that there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 326 - ... that all acts of the United States in Congress, made by virtue and in pursuance of the powers hereby, and by the Articles of Confederation, vested in them, and all treaties made and ratified under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the respective States, so far forth as those acts or treaties shall relate to the said States or their citizens ; and that the Judiciary of the several States shall be bound thereby in their decisions, any thing in the respective laws of...
Seite 578 - The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Seite 385 - ... be so drawn, or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges who shall hear the cause shall agree in the determination...
Seite 183 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition...