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, Volume 4 |
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Sufferings of the Eastern States in the Cause of Independence ; Negroes
necessary in Cultivation for South Carolina ; Compromise ; Security against
Emancipation ; Fugi . tives recoverable , 284 Independent before the Treaty ...
Sufferings of the Eastern States in the Cause of Independence ; Negroes
necessary in Cultivation for South Carolina ; Compromise ; Security against
Emancipation ; Fugi . tives recoverable , 284 Independent before the Treaty ...
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The President has no power of legislation . If he does not object , the law passes
by a bare majority ; and if he objects , it passes by two thirds . His power extends
only to cause it to be reconsidered , which secures a greater probability of its ...
The President has no power of legislation . If he does not object , the law passes
by a bare majority ; and if he objects , it passes by two thirds . His power extends
only to cause it to be reconsidered , which secures a greater probability of its ...
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We are all come hither to serve one common cause of one country . Let us go
about it openly and amicably . There is no necessity for the employment of
underhanded Let every objection be made . Let us examine the plan of
government ...
We are all come hither to serve one common cause of one country . Let us go
about it openly and amicably . There is no necessity for the employment of
underhanded Let every objection be made . Let us examine the plan of
government ...
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Such cannot be on the jury at the trial of the cause ; it being a principle of law that
no person interested in a cause , or who is a relation of the party , can be a juror
in it . This is the light in which it strikes me . Therefore the objection of the ...
Such cannot be on the jury at the trial of the cause ; it being a principle of law that
no person interested in a cause , or who is a relation of the party , can be a juror
in it . This is the light in which it strikes me . Therefore the objection of the ...
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They insinuate that this was the cause of their giving this power of elections . If
there were any seeds in this constitution which might , one day , produce a
consolidation , it would , sir , with me , be an insuperable objection , I am so
perfectly ...
They insinuate that this was the cause of their giving this power of elections . If
there were any seeds in this constitution which might , one day , produce a
consolidation , it would , sir , with me , be an insuperable objection , I am so
perfectly ...
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