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 4J. B. Lippincott, 1863 |
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... measure of which we may disapprove ? The question was then put , and carried by a great majority , to discuss the Constitution clause by clause . The preamble of the Constitution was then read . - Mr. CALDWELL . Mr. Chairman , if they ...
... measure of which we may disapprove ? The question was then put , and carried by a great majority , to discuss the Constitution clause by clause . The preamble of the Constitution was then read . - Mr. CALDWELL . Mr. Chairman , if they ...
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... measure that a nation could take , and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin . Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation . There are several other instances of imbecility in ...
... measure that a nation could take , and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin . Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation . There are several other instances of imbecility in ...
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... measure under the control of the legislatures of the states , the electors being appointed under their direction . The difference , in point of magnitude and importance , in the members of the confederacy , was an additional reason for ...
... measure under the control of the legislatures of the states , the electors being appointed under their direction . The difference , in point of magnitude and importance , in the members of the confederacy , was an additional reason for ...
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... measures . The violent faction of a party may often form such a majority in a single body , and by that means the ... measure be right , which has been approved of by one branch , the other will probably confirm it ; if it be wrong ...
... measures . The violent faction of a party may often form such a majority in a single body , and by that means the ... measure be right , which has been approved of by one branch , the other will probably confirm it ; if it be wrong ...
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... measure , of their utility ; their measures might be abandoned before they were fully executed , and others , of a less beneficial tendency , sub- stituted in their stead . The public also would be deprived of that experience which adds ...
... measure , of their utility ; their measures might be abandoned before they were fully executed , and others , of a less beneficial tendency , sub- stituted in their stead . The public also would be deprived of that experience which adds ...
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