Notes on Historical Evidence in Reference to Adverse Theories of the Origin and Nature of the Government of the United States of America |
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... contains grants , from sovereign and independent States , to the National Con- gress , of certain enumerated and restricted powers ; and that Congress can only lawfully exercise powers which are specifically or expressly granted , or ...
... contains grants , from sovereign and independent States , to the National Con- gress , of certain enumerated and restricted powers ; and that Congress can only lawfully exercise powers which are specifically or expressly granted , or ...
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... contain the following passages : " When the States threw off their allegiance to Great Britain , they became independent of her and of each other . ” — Elliot's Debates , Vol . I , p . 423 . " The separation from Great Britain placed ...
... contain the following passages : " When the States threw off their allegiance to Great Britain , they became independent of her and of each other . ” — Elliot's Debates , Vol . I , p . 423 . " The separation from Great Britain placed ...
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... contains the following passages : " Whatever political relation existed between the American colonies antecedent to the Revolution , as constituent parts of the British em- pire , or as dependencies upon it , that relation was com ...
... contains the following passages : " Whatever political relation existed between the American colonies antecedent to the Revolution , as constituent parts of the British em- pire , or as dependencies upon it , that relation was com ...
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... contains the following passages : " The State sovereignties made , may revoke , or can alter the Constitution itself ; and therefore the supremacy be- stowed upon the Constitution , being some power sub- servient to the State ...
... contains the following passages : " The State sovereignties made , may revoke , or can alter the Constitution itself ; and therefore the supremacy be- stowed upon the Constitution , being some power sub- servient to the State ...
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... contains the following passage : " Before the Federal Government had thus been called into being , the several States unquestionably possessed as full sover- eignty , and were as independent of each other , as the most powerful nations ...
... contains the following passage : " Before the Federal Government had thus been called into being , the several States unquestionably possessed as full sover- eignty , and were as independent of each other , as the most powerful nations ...
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Page 81 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 138 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 84 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 111 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation . . .," but also that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 130 - ... office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. THE United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Page 130 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided, that no person be allowed to serve In the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public...
Page 131 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses : to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective states an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted : to build and equip a navy : to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Page 129 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 59 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community...
Page 134 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.