Papers on Slavery, Rebellion, Etc1856 |
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Página 37
... mode of levying taxes in each ; and that the proportion or quota of each respective Colony be determined according to the number of inhabitants of all ages , including negroes and mulattoes , in each . " arose . The Committee which ...
... mode of levying taxes in each ; and that the proportion or quota of each respective Colony be determined according to the number of inhabitants of all ages , including negroes and mulattoes , in each . " arose . The Committee which ...
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... mode proposed would therefore tax the South- ern States according to their numbers and their wealth conjunctly , while the Northern would be taxed on numbers only ; that negroes in fact should not be considered as members of the State ...
... mode proposed would therefore tax the South- ern States according to their numbers and their wealth conjunctly , while the Northern would be taxed on numbers only ; that negroes in fact should not be considered as members of the State ...
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... mode to be adopted in voting under the Confedera- tion was the subject of great debate in Congress . The arti- cle adopted was in these words : " In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled , each State shall ...
... mode to be adopted in voting under the Confedera- tion was the subject of great debate in Congress . The arti- cle adopted was in these words : " In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled , each State shall ...
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... mode in which the numbers are to be determined was struck out , the Constitution would be a dif- ferent thing from what it is , which would be true , in fact , if you strike out the whole , or any substantial part , of the provision ...
... mode in which the numbers are to be determined was struck out , the Constitution would be a dif- ferent thing from what it is , which would be true , in fact , if you strike out the whole , or any substantial part , of the provision ...
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... mode by the concurrence of two thirds of both Houses of Congress , and the ratification by the legis- latures of three fourths of the several States . He believed the assent of each individual State to be necessary for the admission of ...
... mode by the concurrence of two thirds of both Houses of Congress , and the ratification by the legis- latures of three fourths of the several States . He believed the assent of each individual State to be necessary for the admission of ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 26 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Página 33 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 27 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Página 77 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Página 20 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Página 40 - 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 27 - ... of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said Confederation are submitted to them. And that the Articles thereof shall be inviolably...
Página 11 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
Página 40 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 64 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.