A History and Analysis of the Constitution of the United States, with a Full Account of the Confederations which Preceded it ; of the Debates and Acts of the Convention which Formed it ; of the Judicial Decisions which Have Construed it ; with Papers and Tables Illustrative of the Action of the Government and the People Under itLittle, Brown & Company, 1861 - 444 páginas |
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... DAYTON . B. FRANKLIN , ROBT . MORRIS , THO : FITZSIMONS , JAMES WILSON , PENNSYLVANIA . THOMAS MIFFLIN , GEO : CLYMER , JARED INGERSOLL , GOUV : MORRIS . CHARLES PINCKNEY , The Constitution was adopted on the 17th 24 CONSTITUTION .
... DAYTON . B. FRANKLIN , ROBT . MORRIS , THO : FITZSIMONS , JAMES WILSON , PENNSYLVANIA . THOMAS MIFFLIN , GEO : CLYMER , JARED INGERSOLL , GOUV : MORRIS . CHARLES PINCKNEY , The Constitution was adopted on the 17th 24 CONSTITUTION .
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... WILSON , of Pennsylvania , urged the necessity of two branches . He admitted that the large States did accede to the confederation in its present form ; but it was the effect of necessity , not of choice . Dr. JOHNSON .— " On comparison ...
... WILSON , of Pennsylvania , urged the necessity of two branches . He admitted that the large States did accede to the confederation in its present form ; but it was the effect of necessity , not of choice . Dr. JOHNSON .— " On comparison ...
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... WILSON and Mr. CLARK said they were members of Congress when the article was adopted , and that the Southern States were then willing to agree to the mode now proposed , but that the Eastern States would not con- sent that only half the ...
... WILSON and Mr. CLARK said they were members of Congress when the article was adopted , and that the Southern States were then willing to agree to the mode now proposed , but that the Eastern States would not con- sent that only half the ...
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... WILSON , seconded by Mr. C. PINCKNEY , that the right of suffrage in this branch of the legislature , should be " in proportion to the whole number of , white and other free citizens and inhabitants , of every age , sex , and condition ...
... WILSON , seconded by Mr. C. PINCKNEY , that the right of suffrage in this branch of the legislature , should be " in proportion to the whole number of , white and other free citizens and inhabitants , of every age , sex , and condition ...
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... Wilson , Madison , King , and Martin opposed it ; and in which Mr. Ellsworth said , " To the eastward he was sure that Massachusetts was the only State that would listen to a proposition for excluding the States as equal political ...
... Wilson , Madison , King , and Martin opposed it ; and in which Mr. Ellsworth said , " To the eastward he was sure that Massachusetts was the only State that would listen to a proposition for excluding the States as equal political ...
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Página 363 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Página 204 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Página 137 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Página 202 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Página 159 - State or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Página 247 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Página 153 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Página 209 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Página 91 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Página 368 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.