The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1750-1833. State sovereignty and slavery, 1889Callaghan, 1876 |
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... , II . , p . 517 . 2 See an article in the London Public Advertiser , March 14 , 1781 . Moore , Diary of the American Revolution , II , p . 395 . · 13 letter to the Maryland convention that the voting by 12 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
... , II . , p . 517 . 2 See an article in the London Public Advertiser , March 14 , 1781 . Moore , Diary of the American Revolution , II , p . 395 . · 13 letter to the Maryland convention that the voting by 12 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
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... letter above referred to , that Virginia was the one state which represented this view , is not correct . Lynch agreed with Henry , and desired only that besides population , " property " should be considered . Adams agreed in this ...
... letter above referred to , that Virginia was the one state which represented this view , is not correct . Lynch agreed with Henry , and desired only that besides population , " property " should be considered . Adams agreed in this ...
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... letter in Marshall , Life of Wash . , II . , p . 114 . " The idea of dismemberment had recently made its appearance in the newspapers . " Madison's Introduction to the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 , Elliott , V. , p . 120 ...
... letter in Marshall , Life of Wash . , II . , p . 114 . " The idea of dismemberment had recently made its appearance in the newspapers . " Madison's Introduction to the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 , Elliott , V. , p . 120 ...
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... letter from the Hon . Rob . Yates and the Hon . John Lansing , Jun . , to the governor of New York . Elliott , Deb . , I. , p . 480 Elliott , Deb . , V. , p . 254 . Pinckney , with passionate emphasis , declared that South Carolina.
... letter from the Hon . Rob . Yates and the Hon . John Lansing , Jun . , to the governor of New York . Elliott , Deb . , I. , p . 480 Elliott , Deb . , V. , p . 254 . Pinckney , with passionate emphasis , declared that South Carolina.
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... 502 , 552 , 556. See also Edmund Randolph's Letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates , Virginia , Ibid , I. , pp 482-491 . 4 ADJOURNMENT . 53 bordered almost on temerity . Much was 52 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
... 502 , 552 , 556. See also Edmund Randolph's Letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates , Virginia , Ibid , I. , pp 482-491 . 4 ADJOURNMENT . 53 bordered almost on temerity . Much was 52 STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY .
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Página 47 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Página 146 - ... deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the...
Página 204 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Página 163 - 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.
Página 76 - 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. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Página 151 - ... the General Assembly doth solemnly appeal to the like dispositions in the other states, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid are unconstitutional ; — and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each for co-operating with this state, in maintaining unimpaired the authorities, rights, and liberties, reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Página 361 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 457 - The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of Congress.
Página 420 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own. She should therefore have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be, to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Página 493 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose...