The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, Publishers, 1891 - 359 pages |
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Page 58
... whole body of voters , and not by a selected number of persons representing them . When the population of Massachusetts became too large for this , the towns , instead of the counties , sent representatives to the legislature . 2 ...
... whole body of voters , and not by a selected number of persons representing them . When the population of Massachusetts became too large for this , the towns , instead of the counties , sent representatives to the legislature . 2 ...
Page 59
... whole system of agriculture depended on them , and the wisest and best men did not then see how cotton and tobacco , rice and sugar , could be raised without slave labor . Still , for a long time the increase of negro slaves in Virginia ...
... whole system of agriculture depended on them , and the wisest and best men did not then see how cotton and tobacco , rice and sugar , could be raised without slave labor . Still , for a long time the increase of negro slaves in Virginia ...
Page 62
... whole of Virginia — a territory then having a population of 40,000 for thirty - one years , to the Earl of Arlington and Lord Culpepper , two of his favorites . At last the matter was settled in favor of the colonists , but for a long ...
... whole of Virginia — a territory then having a population of 40,000 for thirty - one years , to the Earl of Arlington and Lord Culpepper , two of his favorites . At last the matter was settled in favor of the colonists , but for a long ...
Page 63
... whole Atlantic coast of America from Maine nearly to the borders of Florida . 57. Deplorable State of the Colonists ; the Bacon Rebel- lion . The people of Virginia were now in a deplorable state . They had no homes that they could ...
... whole Atlantic coast of America from Maine nearly to the borders of Florida . 57. Deplorable State of the Colonists ; the Bacon Rebel- lion . The people of Virginia were now in a deplorable state . They had no homes that they could ...
Page 71
... whole country on the ground that the Cabots had discovered the coast and planted the English flag on it in 1497. For this reason Charles now gave it to his brother James , Duke of York . England and Holland were then at peace ; but ...
... whole country on the ground that the Cabots had discovered the coast and planted the English flag on it in 1497. For this reason Charles now gave it to his brother James , Duke of York . England and Holland were then at peace ; but ...
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Page 286 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page ix - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page xiv - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful 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 government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Page x - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page xiv - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Page 31 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page xiii - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page xi - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 281 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page xv - Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightyseven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.