Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People, Páginas 94-830S. Shepherd & Company, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... Chairman of the Committee on the Executive ( Mr. Giles ) was not in his place , and he knew that it was not the wish of that Committee , that their resolution should take the course now proposed . Mr. Marshall , said , that he was by no ...
... Chairman of the Committee on the Executive ( Mr. Giles ) was not in his place , and he knew that it was not the wish of that Committee , that their resolution should take the course now proposed . Mr. Marshall , said , that he was by no ...
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... Chairman , -As the resolutions just read were offered by me , parliamentary usage requires that I should explain and defend them . I should enter on this duty , under the most auspicious circumstances , with great diffidence and ...
... Chairman , -As the resolutions just read were offered by me , parliamentary usage requires that I should explain and defend them . I should enter on this duty , under the most auspicious circumstances , with great diffidence and ...
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... Chairman for amendment , as follows : " Resolved , That in the apportionment of representation in the House of Delegates , regard should be had to the white population exclusively . " Mr. Green moved to amend it by striking out the word ...
... Chairman for amendment , as follows : " Resolved , That in the apportionment of representation in the House of Delegates , regard should be had to the white population exclusively . " Mr. Green moved to amend it by striking out the word ...
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... Chairman , that I have been driven into this discussion without some degree of preparation . Yet I may be permitted to declare , that I did not antici- pate that I should thus early be called on to subinit my views to the Commit.ee . It ...
... Chairman , that I have been driven into this discussion without some degree of preparation . Yet I may be permitted to declare , that I did not antici- pate that I should thus early be called on to subinit my views to the Commit.ee . It ...
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... Chairman , is scarcely worth the examination it has received . I will pursue it no farther , since I have no intention to give you a treatise on natural law , instead of an argument upon the practical subject of Government . I have ...
... Chairman , is scarcely worth the examination it has received . I will pursue it no farther , since I have no intention to give you a treatise on natural law , instead of an argument upon the practical subject of Government . I have ...
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