The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how Destroyed--how it May be RestoredJ. Woodhouse, 1860 - 266 páginas |
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... prove , by authentic evidence , that this is not true in the exclusive sense in which it has been stated . The Constitution is , indeed , a compact between States , but it is also a compact between the slaveholding and non - slave ...
... prove , by authentic evidence , that this is not true in the exclusive sense in which it has been stated . The Constitution is , indeed , a compact between States , but it is also a compact between the slaveholding and non - slave ...
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... proved , although that doctrine is inculcated by the re- spectable authority of the Federalist . The Southern dele- gates in the Federal Convention will likewise , in the progress of this narrative , be vindicated from the insinuated ...
... proved , although that doctrine is inculcated by the re- spectable authority of the Federalist . The Southern dele- gates in the Federal Convention will likewise , in the progress of this narrative , be vindicated from the insinuated ...
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... proved to reconstruct , the Constitution , began its sessions at Philadelphia , and adjourned to the 17th September following , having been engaged in their arduous task something over three months . It was composed , for the most part ...
... proved to reconstruct , the Constitution , began its sessions at Philadelphia , and adjourned to the 17th September following , having been engaged in their arduous task something over three months . It was composed , for the most part ...
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... prove that it was universally looked upon in the same light in which it was viewed by Mr. Madison . By this means , the purpose which that body had in view , in establishing that frac- tional basis , that mode of distributing power ...
... prove that it was universally looked upon in the same light in which it was viewed by Mr. Madison . By this means , the purpose which that body had in view , in establishing that frac- tional basis , that mode of distributing power ...
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... proved of the commitment , supposing that , as the committee would be a smaller body , a compromise would be pursued with more coolness . " The next day , Mr. Gerry made his report , from which it is clearly visible how intimately ...
... proved of the commitment , supposing that , as the committee would be a smaller body , a compromise would be pursued with more coolness . " The next day , Mr. Gerry made his report , from which it is clearly visible how intimately ...
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according admitted adopted agriculture amendments America Articles of Confederation Assembly branch British Burwell Bassett Bushrod Washington commerce committee Commonwealth Confederation Congress considered Constitution Cuthbert Bullitt debate declared delegates Democratic direct taxation duties Edmund England equal Equilibrium ernment existence exports favor Federal Convention Federalists foreign GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Grayson Honorable important interests Isaac Coles James Jefferson John labor legislature Levin Powell liberty Madison Maryland Massachusetts Matthew Walton ment Meriwether Smith motion nations nature negroes North and South Northern majority number of inhabitants object opinion Opposition party Patrick Henry Pennsylvania Pinckney political popular population principle produced proposed proposition protection question Randolph ratification ratio regulations representation representatives resolution revenue Samuel Jordan Cabell Senate slave trade slavery soon South Carolina Southern taxes Thomas three-fifths tion tobacco Union United Virginia vote Washington wealth whilst whole William William Grayson Wilson
Passagens conhecidas
Página 15 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página 248 - ... delegate ; and the delegates of a state or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such...
Página 247 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 9 - In order to justify a resort to revolutionary resistance, the federal government must be guilty of "a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise" of powers not granted by the Constitution.
Página 20 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Página 10 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Página 245 - That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station...
Página 258 - February 21, 1787, and was ratified by the conventions of the several states, as follows, viz.: By convention of Delaware...
Página 246 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Página 211 - The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1800; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such migration or importation, at a rate not exceeding the average of the duties laid on imports.