Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830, Volume 1Da Capo Press, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... supposed , so easily acquired , it would seem highly impolitic , to say no more , to insist on retaining an odious regulation , calculated to produce no other effect than to excite discontent . But the fact is not so . The thousanda ...
... supposed , so easily acquired , it would seem highly impolitic , to say no more , to insist on retaining an odious regulation , calculated to produce no other effect than to excite discontent . But the fact is not so . The thousanda ...
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... supposed that members were at full liberty to move their proposed amendments in the Committee , without previously submitting them to the House . If this were not the just understaning of the rule , it ought to be known : and he now ...
... supposed that members were at full liberty to move their proposed amendments in the Committee , without previously submitting them to the House . If this were not the just understaning of the rule , it ought to be known : and he now ...
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... supposed to reside ? Some gentlemen think that they include every individual in the community , without regard to age or sex : others maintain that the people are , all who fight and pay ; all who defend their country in the hour of ...
... supposed to reside ? Some gentlemen think that they include every individual in the community , without regard to age or sex : others maintain that the people are , all who fight and pay ; all who defend their country in the hour of ...
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... supposed to exist in one county . Now imagine the same case to ex- ist in every county . Is there any reason why fifty voters should outvote two hun- dred and fifty in one county rather than in another ? Locality cannot alter right . If ...
... supposed to exist in one county . Now imagine the same case to ex- ist in every county . Is there any reason why fifty voters should outvote two hun- dred and fifty in one county rather than in another ? Locality cannot alter right . If ...
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... supposed rights of the counties ; but to the white population ; to the people only . The Bill of Rights asserts the political equality of the citizens . - The resolution pro- poses to give to that principle a practical existence in our ...
... supposed rights of the counties ; but to the white population ; to the people only . The Bill of Rights asserts the political equality of the citizens . - The resolution pro- poses to give to that principle a practical existence in our ...
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