Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787: For the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of AmericaWebsters and Skinners, 1821 - 308 páginas |
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... resolve of this honorable house , that we should attend this day , to give informa- tion with regard to the proceedings of the late conven- tion , my time has necessarily been taken up with busi- ness , and I have also been obliged to ...
... resolve of this honorable house , that we should attend this day , to give informa- tion with regard to the proceedings of the late conven- tion , my time has necessarily been taken up with busi- ness , and I have also been obliged to ...
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... resolve , is calculated expressly for that purpose to give her a representation proportioned to her numbers , as if the want of that was the principal defect in our original system , and this alteration the great means of remedying the ...
... resolve , is calculated expressly for that purpose to give her a representation proportioned to her numbers , as if the want of that was the principal defect in our original system , and this alteration the great means of remedying the ...
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... resolved itself into a committee of the whole to deliberate upon the propositions delivered in by the honorable member from Virginia ) Hopes were formed , that the farther we proceeded in the examina- tion of the resolutions the better ...
... resolved itself into a committee of the whole to deliberate upon the propositions delivered in by the honorable member from Virginia ) Hopes were formed , that the farther we proceeded in the examina- tion of the resolutions the better ...
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... Resolved , That provision ought to be made for the admission of states lawfully arising within the limits of the United States , whether from a voluntary junction of government , territory or otherwise , with the consent of a number of ...
... Resolved , That provision ought to be made for the admission of states lawfully arising within the limits of the United States , whether from a voluntary junction of government , territory or otherwise , with the consent of a number of ...
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... resolved into a committee of the whole - of this committee Mr. Gorham was chairman - The honor- able Mr. Washington was then on the floor , in the same situation with the other members of the convention at large , to oppose any system ...
... resolved into a committee of the whole - of this committee Mr. Gorham was chairman - The honor- able Mr. Washington was then on the floor , in the same situation with the other members of the convention at large , to oppose any system ...
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Página 14 - 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 250 - No person shall' be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Página 272 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Página 253 - To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; To establish post-offices and post-roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors the...
Página 248 - That after such publication the electors should be appointed, and the Senators and Representatives elected : That the electors should meet on the day fixed for the election of the President, and should transmit their votes certified, signed, sealed and directed, as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States...
Página 231 - ... that all acts of the United States in Congress, made by virtue and in pursuance of the powers hereby, and by the Articles of Confederation, vested in them, and all treaties made and ratified under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the respective States, so far forth as those acts or treaties shall relate to the said States or their citizens ; and that the Judiciary of the several States shall be bound thereby in their decisions, any thing in the respective laws of...
Página 242 - ... to appoint by joint consent commissioners or judges, to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Página 77 - States is vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Página 242 - States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall...
Página 251 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.