History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1858 |
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... facts that ex- plain the circumstances in which the Convention was assembled , and which will enable us to ap- preciate the results at which it arrived . To these , therefore , the reader is now desired to turn . First of all , then ...
... facts that ex- plain the circumstances in which the Convention was assembled , and which will enable us to ap- preciate the results at which it arrived . To these , therefore , the reader is now desired to turn . First of all , then ...
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... fact , that a change had been decreed by those having a right to make it , to be clearly and carefully ascertained by a particular evidence , they guarded the fundamental law itself against usurpa- tion and fraud , and greatly ...
... fact , that a change had been decreed by those having a right to make it , to be clearly and carefully ascertained by a particular evidence , they guarded the fundamental law itself against usurpa- tion and fraud , and greatly ...
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... fact , which the reader is to carry along with him into the examination of the proceedings of the Convention , is , that by the judg- ment of the old Congress , and of every State in the Union save one , ' the Confederation had been de ...
... fact , which the reader is to carry along with him into the examination of the proceedings of the Convention , is , that by the judg- ment of the old Congress , and of every State in the Union save one , ' the Confederation had been de ...
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... fact , necessary to be regarded in our future inquiries , namely , the condition of the actual pow- ers of that assembly . The Confederation has already been described as a league , or federal alliance between independent and sovereign ...
... fact , necessary to be regarded in our future inquiries , namely , the condition of the actual pow- ers of that assembly . The Confederation has already been described as a league , or federal alliance between independent and sovereign ...
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... fact which we are to remember is the presence , in five of the States represented in the Convention , of large numbers of a distinct race , held in the condition of slaves . Whatever mode of con- stituting a national system might be ...
... fact which we are to remember is the presence , in five of the States represented in the Convention , of large numbers of a distinct race , held in the condition of slaves . Whatever mode of con- stituting a national system might be ...
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Page 602 - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 447 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 34 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Page 439 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 603 - To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 86 - Resolved that the amendments which shall be offered to the Confederation, by the Convention ought at a proper time, or times, after the approbation of Congress to be submitted to an assembly or assemblies of Representatives, recommended by the several Legislatures to be expressly chosen by the people, to consider and decide thereon...
Page 602 - ... of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. SECTION.
Page 88 - Resolved that the National Legislature ought to consist of two branches. 4. Resolved that the members of the first branch of the National Legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States...
Page 173 - Resolved that a National Executive be instituted to consist of a Single Person to be chosen by the National Legislature...
Page 189 - Resolved that a Census be taken within six years from the first Meeting of the Legislature of the United States, and once within the term of every Ten years afterwards of all the inhabitants of the United States in the manner and according to the ratio recommended by Congress in their resolution of April 18. 1783 — and that the Legislature of the United States shall proportion the direct Taxation accordingly.