The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the ConstitutionJ. and G.S. Gideon, 1846 - 225 pages |
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... Philadelphia , with ample powers to render the Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Union - E. - Resolution of Congress of the Confederation , calling a Convention at Philadelphia , to render the Consti- tution adequate to the ...
... Philadelphia , with ample powers to render the Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Union - E. - Resolution of Congress of the Confederation , calling a Convention at Philadelphia , to render the Consti- tution adequate to the ...
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... Philadelphia , in the State of Pennsylvania , on Monday the second of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety - three . Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled ...
... Philadelphia , in the State of Pennsylvania , on Monday the second of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety - three . Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled ...
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... Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next , to take into consideration the situation of the United States , to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government ...
... Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next , to take into consideration the situation of the United States , to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government ...
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... Philadelphia . ” The delegates for the State of New York thereupon laid before Congress instructions which they had received from their constitu- ents , and , in pursuance of the said instructions , moved to postpone the further ...
... Philadelphia . ” The delegates for the State of New York thereupon laid before Congress instructions which they had received from their constitu- ents , and , in pursuance of the said instructions , moved to postpone the further ...
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... Philadelphia , in May next , for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution . Whereas the commissioners who assembled at Annapolis , on the 14th day of September last , for the purpose of devising and report- ing the means of ...
... Philadelphia , in May next , for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution . Whereas the commissioners who assembled at Annapolis , on the 14th day of September last , for the purpose of devising and report- ing the means of ...
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Page xxiv - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 196 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 33 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page xxv - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.