The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1750-1833. State sovereignty and slavery. 1889Callaghan, 1877 |
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... vote ; the congress not being possessed of , nor then able to procure , materials for ascertain- ing the importance ... voting in this congress was first resolved upon ; which was , that each colony should have one voice ; but as this ...
... vote ; the congress not being possessed of , nor then able to procure , materials for ascertain- ing the importance ... voting in this congress was first resolved upon ; which was , that each colony should have one voice ; but as this ...
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... vote in congress was decided even before it was raised . Luther Martin says rightly in his celebrated • describes their feelings for the mother country in the following words : " They loved their mother country with the love of children ...
... vote in congress was decided even before it was raised . Luther Martin says rightly in his celebrated • describes their feelings for the mother country in the following words : " They loved their mother country with the love of children ...
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... voting by states was not on account of " necessity or expediency , " but that " on the contrary , it was adopted on the principle of the rights of man and the rights of states . " In con- gress , however , Patrick Henry's view still ...
... voting by states was not on account of " necessity or expediency , " but that " on the contrary , it was adopted on the principle of the rights of man and the rights of states . " In con- gress , however , Patrick Henry's view still ...
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... vote on its adoption or rejection was completely overlooked . The legislatures were not purely revolutionary bodies existing only as de facto governments . Their powers had a legal character and were strictly deter- mined by the ...
... vote on its adoption or rejection was completely overlooked . The legislatures were not purely revolutionary bodies existing only as de facto governments . Their powers had a legal character and were strictly deter- mined by the ...
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Hermann Von Holst. FICTION AND FACT . 21 to vote on a plan of a constitution for the Union . As to the legal validity of the act , it was a clear case of usurpa- tion based on an untenable fiction . But this fiction was then considered ...
Hermann Von Holst. FICTION AND FACT . 21 to vote on a plan of a constitution for the Union . As to the legal validity of the act , it was a clear case of usurpa- tion based on an untenable fiction . But this fiction was then considered ...
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Página 144 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...
Página 491 - 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, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 144 - States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Página 182 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market...
Página 161 - 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 32 - England, Sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Página 359 - 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 475 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and -will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do...
Página 15 - ... on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it The judgments of many must unite in the work: experience must guide their labor: time must bring it to perfection: and the feeling of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and experiments.
Página 33 - We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.