Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830, Volume 1Da Capo Press, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... Government which is neither Ex- ecutive , Legislative nor Judicial in its character , ( though what that can be , I do not understand ; for all writers that I have read , maintain that every function of Govern- ment is of necessity ...
... Government which is neither Ex- ecutive , Legislative nor Judicial in its character , ( though what that can be , I do not understand ; for all writers that I have read , maintain that every function of Govern- ment is of necessity ...
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... Government ; take as an instance that clause in the Bill of Rights which treats of rights not surrendered : the proposition there laid down belongs equally to all the divisions of Government ; they are all alike bound to respect the ...
... Government ; take as an instance that clause in the Bill of Rights which treats of rights not surrendered : the proposition there laid down belongs equally to all the divisions of Government ; they are all alike bound to respect the ...
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... Government , of a Government whose movements are re- gulated by numbers , involves the necessity of a submission by the minority to the majority . For the right of deliberation and election necessarily involves some decision between the ...
... Government , of a Government whose movements are re- gulated by numbers , involves the necessity of a submission by the minority to the majority . For the right of deliberation and election necessarily involves some decision between the ...
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... Government under which we have lived these fifty years and more . There can be no grosser error than to suppose that the Constitution of Virginia was formed in 1776. Its two great distinctive features , the sectional , and the ...
... Government under which we have lived these fifty years and more . There can be no grosser error than to suppose that the Constitution of Virginia was formed in 1776. Its two great distinctive features , the sectional , and the ...
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... government by the people , gave to each member of the body politic equal weight in its government . Once more ; the gentleman had contended , that according to the same Bill of Rights , a majority must govern in all things , and were of ...
... government by the people , gave to each member of the body politic equal weight in its government . Once more ; the gentleman had contended , that according to the same Bill of Rights , a majority must govern in all things , and were of ...
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