The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volumen1Yale University Press, 1911 - 1352 páginas |
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2ded agst amended Appendix appointed article which passed August 18 August 25 aye aye aye aye no aye Ayes and Noes Citizens COMMITTEE OF DETAIL concur Congress Constitution Convention Detail of Ayes divd divided duties election Electors Elseworth Executive exports following clause Friday MADISON Genl Gerry Ghorum Government Govr Morris Govt House of Representatives impeachment insert the words Judges July 17 July 23 lature laws Legis legislative Legislature MADISON July MADISON September Mason ment Militia Monday JOURNAL motion moved and seconded moved to insert moved to strike Natl objections Pinkney President question to agree Randolph regulation Rutlidge S. C. ay Saturday MADISON seconded to agree seconded to insert seconded to postpone seconded to strike sect Senate September 15 Sherman Taken from Journal thought Thursday MADISON tion Treason treaties Tuesday MADISON August United vote Wednesday MADISON Williamson Wilson
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Página 664 - No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more...
Página 610 - RESOLVED, That the preceding constitution be laid before the United States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 645 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good.
Página 664 - 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...
Página 186 - ... or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned: provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, " well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of...
Página 644 - 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.
Página 655 - 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.
Página 585 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Página 185 - 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, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
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