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, Volumen3J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1836 |
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... Common Law of England ; Punishments , & c . , 446 The Press ,. 449 Restrictive Clauses ; Want of a Bill of Rights , 461 State Restrictions to be feared , 471 • Paper Money ; British Debts , 473 Quorum in Senate , .. Treaty - making ...
... Common Law of England ; Punishments , & c . , 446 The Press ,. 449 Restrictive Clauses ; Want of a Bill of Rights , 461 State Restrictions to be feared , 471 • Paper Money ; British Debts , 473 Quorum in Senate , .. Treaty - making ...
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... sufficiently acquainted . The mode of levying taxes is of the utmost consequence ; and yet here it is to be determined by those who have neither knowledge of our situation , nor a common interest with 30 [ MASON . DEBATES .
... sufficiently acquainted . The mode of levying taxes is of the utmost consequence ; and yet here it is to be determined by those who have neither knowledge of our situation , nor a common interest with 30 [ MASON . DEBATES .
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... common interest with us , nor a fellow - feeling for us . The subject of taxation differs in three fourths , nay , I might say with truth , in four fifths of the states . If we trust the national government with an effectual way of ...
... common interest with us , nor a fellow - feeling for us . The subject of taxation differs in three fourths , nay , I might say with truth , in four fifths of the states . If we trust the national government with an effectual way of ...
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... common one , and a favor- ite one with me . The representatives of the people , by their authority , is a mode wholly inessential . If the objection be , that the Union ought to be not of the people , but of the state governments , then ...
... common one , and a favor- ite one with me . The representatives of the people , by their authority , is a mode wholly inessential . If the objection be , that the Union ought to be not of the people , but of the state governments , then ...
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... common danger , and the spirit of America , were bonds of our union : union and unanimity , and not that insignificant paper , carried us through that dangerous war . " United , we stand - divided , we fall ! " echoed and reëchoed ...
... common danger , and the spirit of America , were bonds of our union : union and unanimity , and not that insignificant paper , carried us through that dangerous war . " United , we stand - divided , we fall ! " echoed and reëchoed ...
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Página 50 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Página 243 - 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 time to time, direct and appoint.
Página 655 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 50 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Página 654 - That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary ; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections...
Página 135 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 56 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Página 654 - That in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation...
Página 653 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of Magistrate, Legislator, or Judge, to be hereditary.
Página 644 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.