 States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.  The Unconstitutionality of Slavery - Seite 135von Lysander Spooner - 1845 - 156 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1819 - 660 Seiten
...proposition.— The convention which framed the constitution was indeed elected by the state legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or preclusions o it. It was reported to the then existing congressot the United... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 Seiten
...proposition. The convention which framed the constitution was, indeed, elected by the State Legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation or pretension to it. It was reported to the existing Congress of the United States,... | |
 | 1828 - 638 Seiten
...proposition. The Convention which framed the Constitution was indeed elected by the State Legislatures. But the instrument when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or pretensions to it. It was reported tn the then existing Congress of the United... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 Seiten
...proposition. The convention which framed the constitution was, indeed, elected by the State Legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation or pretension to it. It was reported to the existing Congress of the United States,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 540 Seiten
...proposition. The convention, which framed the constitution, was indeed elected bv the state legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or pretensions to it. It was reported to the § 363. The doctrine, then, that the... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1833 - 636 Seiten
...proposition. The Convention which framed the Constitution was indeed elected by the State Legislatures. But the instrument when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligations or pretensions to it. It was reported to the then existing Congress of the United... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 Seiten
...proposition. The convention which framed the constitution was indeed elected by the state legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or pretensions to it. It was reported to the then existing congress of the United... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 Seiten
...proposition. The convention which framed the Constitution was indeed elected by the State legislatures ; but the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or pretension to it. It was then reported to the then existing congress of the... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1843 - 256 Seiten
...proposition. The convention, which framed the constitution, was indeed elected by the state legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal, without obligation, or pretensions to it. It was reported to the then existing congress of the United... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - 1853 - 364 Seiten
...people. He says: "The convention which framed the constitution was elected by the state legislatures. But the instrument, when it came from their hands, was a mere proposal. It was reported to the then existing congress (which had been organized under the then existing articles... | |
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