Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830, Volume 1Da Capo Press, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... hands of every member . The substance of them , it was true , was , he had no doubt , familiar to the minds of all the gentlemen , and the documents themselves might be consulted in the library , but as they would be a perpetual subject ...
... hands of every member . The substance of them , it was true , was , he had no doubt , familiar to the minds of all the gentlemen , and the documents themselves might be consulted in the library , but as they would be a perpetual subject ...
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... hands . The consequence I need not predict . Sir , the question before you , is one of mere form . I considered it as of importance to the time , and to the rightful deliberations of this body ; and , therefore , thought something ought ...
... hands . The consequence I need not predict . Sir , the question before you , is one of mere form . I considered it as of importance to the time , and to the rightful deliberations of this body ; and , therefore , thought something ought ...
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... hands of one Committee . Thus , for exam- ple , if , in the Legislative Committee , a proposition is reported to reduce the number of members in the House of Delegates , the same Committee will have it in their power to consider the ...
... hands of one Committee . Thus , for exam- ple , if , in the Legislative Committee , a proposition is reported to reduce the number of members in the House of Delegates , the same Committee will have it in their power to consider the ...
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... hands of a body of disaffected citizens , so ignorant . so depraved , and so numerous : In the hour of danger , they have drawn no invidious distinctions between the sons of Virginia . The muster rolls have undergone no scrutiny , no ...
... hands of a body of disaffected citizens , so ignorant . so depraved , and so numerous : In the hour of danger , they have drawn no invidious distinctions between the sons of Virginia . The muster rolls have undergone no scrutiny , no ...
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... hands , and deal out to the latter the same mea- sure of justice they have received at their hands . It is needless to enquire into the equity of such a proceeding ; but would they not find for it in the example set them at least a ...
... hands , and deal out to the latter the same mea- sure of justice they have received at their hands . It is needless to enquire into the equity of such a proceeding ; but would they not find for it in the example set them at least a ...
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