The Constitutional History of the United States, Volume 1Callaghan, 1901 - Constitutional history |
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... Persons ... 413 Ellsworth's Compromise on Representation . 414 Several Confederations Proposed .. 415 The Tendency of Confederacies ... 416 Representation in the Senate ... 417 Bedford's Alarming Speech . 418 In Search of a Compromise ...
... Persons ... 413 Ellsworth's Compromise on Representation . 414 Several Confederations Proposed .. 415 The Tendency of Confederacies ... 416 Representation in the Senate ... 417 Bedford's Alarming Speech . 418 In Search of a Compromise ...
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... persons of his own appointment , and neither in England nor in the colonies did the King lack the support of able men . Sir Edmund Andros , who had perfectly demonstrated his devotion to arbitrary power while governor of New York , was ...
... persons of his own appointment , and neither in England nor in the colonies did the King lack the support of able men . Sir Edmund Andros , who had perfectly demonstrated his devotion to arbitrary power while governor of New York , was ...
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... persons of known character and of large estates , and he could have no motive to appoint other than most excellent men , -yet the customs and civil traditions of New England were wantonly set aside and the people were excluded from any ...
... persons of known character and of large estates , and he could have no motive to appoint other than most excellent men , -yet the customs and civil traditions of New England were wantonly set aside and the people were excluded from any ...
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... persons qualified as the laws of each province might prescribe , by age , na- tivity , property and religious belief.2 Qualifications such as these , it was thought , would distinguish from the mass of the population all persons with ...
... persons qualified as the laws of each province might prescribe , by age , na- tivity , property and religious belief.2 Qualifications such as these , it was thought , would distinguish from the mass of the population all persons with ...
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... person . His rights of property had been somewhat modified , however , by the charters . Thus , when William III . ascended the throne , the Crown had no right to the soil , but had a feudal claim to the government , in Maryland ...
... person . His rights of property had been somewhat modified , however , by the charters . Thus , when William III . ascended the throne , the Crown had no right to the soil , but had a feudal claim to the government , in Maryland ...
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Page 307 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 550 - And in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 589 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it would, with me, on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Page 588 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Page 141 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world ; and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Page 338 - Mr. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration, and those who acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding: that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they...
Page 320 - The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
Page 587 - 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.
Page 579 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 344 - But if after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the said senate or house of representatives, shall, notwithstanding the said objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together with the objections, be sent to the other branch of the legislature, where it shall also be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present, shall have the force of a law...