Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830, Volume 1Da Capo Press, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... means of excluding the entire class , to which your memorialists belong , from all participation in the recent election of the body , they now respectfully addres . Comprising a very large part , probably a má- jority of male citizens ...
... means of excluding the entire class , to which your memorialists belong , from all participation in the recent election of the body , they now respectfully addres . Comprising a very large part , probably a má- jority of male citizens ...
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... means easy ce or convenient for persons whom fortune or inelination have engaged in other than agricultural pursuits , to withdraw from those pursuits , or from the support of their families , the amount requisite for the purchase of a ...
... means easy ce or convenient for persons whom fortune or inelination have engaged in other than agricultural pursuits , to withdraw from those pursuits , or from the support of their families , the amount requisite for the purchase of a ...
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... means solicitous that the motion he had made should be adopted his only object had been to put business in such a train , that it might be taken up and acted upon whenever the House should wish to consider it . The reference of the ...
... means solicitous that the motion he had made should be adopted his only object had been to put business in such a train , that it might be taken up and acted upon whenever the House should wish to consider it . The reference of the ...
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... means of support , such tax as may be deemed reasonable . 3. Resolved , That to prevent any unfair distribution of the revenue of the Com- monwealth , the Legislature ought to be prohibited from making appropriations ( ex- cept by votes ...
... means of support , such tax as may be deemed reasonable . 3. Resolved , That to prevent any unfair distribution of the revenue of the Com- monwealth , the Legislature ought to be prohibited from making appropriations ( ex- cept by votes ...
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... means calculated to diminish these feelings . I do not affect not to have bestowed upon these resolutions the consideration which is due to their own intrinsic impor- tance ; due to the intelligence of the body which I now address ; due ...
... means calculated to diminish these feelings . I do not affect not to have bestowed upon these resolutions the consideration which is due to their own intrinsic impor- tance ; due to the intelligence of the body which I now address ; due ...
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