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, Volume 5editor, 1845 - Constitutional law |
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... proposition - The national legislature to have two branches Agreed to . Mr. Randolph's fourth proposition- First branch of the national legislature to be elected by the people Agreed to- Qualifications , & c . , of members of first ...
... proposition - The national legislature to have two branches Agreed to . Mr. Randolph's fourth proposition- First branch of the national legislature to be elected by the people Agreed to- Qualifications , & c . , of members of first ...
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... proposition , so as to empower the national legislature to institute inferior tribunals - Agreed to . .160 WEDNESDAY , June 6 , Motion to amend fourth proposition so as to provide that the first branch of the na- tional legislature be ...
... proposition , so as to empower the national legislature to institute inferior tribunals - Agreed to . .160 WEDNESDAY , June 6 , Motion to amend fourth proposition so as to provide that the first branch of the na- tional legislature be ...
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... Propositions stated . SATURDAY , June 16 , ..193 Mr. Patterson's first proposition- The Articles of Confederation to be revised and enlarged - Adjourned . MONDAY , June 18 , .198 Mr. Patterson's first proposition - The Articles of ...
... Propositions stated . SATURDAY , June 16 , ..193 Mr. Patterson's first proposition- The Articles of Confederation to be revised and enlarged - Adjourned . MONDAY , June 18 , .198 Mr. Patterson's first proposition - The Articles of ...
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... Proposition to amend so as to provide that each state should send an equal number of members to the second branch ; that , in all questions of state sovereignty and of appointments to office , each state shall have an equal suffrage ...
... Proposition to amend so as to provide that each state should send an equal number of members to the second branch ; that , in all questions of state sovereignty and of appointments to office , each state shall have an equal suffrage ...
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... proposition on the final question . This day a letter was received from General Washington , enclosing one , of the 25th of October , from Sir Guy Carleton , relative to the demand made on him for a liquidation of accounts , and payment ...
... proposition on the final question . This day a letter was received from General Washington , enclosing one , of the 25th of October , from Sir Guy Carleton , relative to the demand made on him for a liquidation of accounts , and payment ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...