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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... influence of the doctrines and opinions now adverted to , conscious of the futility of any attempt to reconcile with then their favorite policy , the enemies of extended suffrage have not hesitated to deride them as the rude conceptions ...
... influence of the doctrines and opinions now adverted to , conscious of the futility of any attempt to reconcile with then their favorite policy , the enemies of extended suffrage have not hesitated to deride them as the rude conceptions ...
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... influence to be experienced ? Is it not apparent that such establishments mus :, for an indefinite period , be at the mercy of those who affect to dread them , and may be shackled or suppressed , as fear or fancy may dictate ? For how ...
... influence to be experienced ? Is it not apparent that such establishments mus :, for an indefinite period , be at the mercy of those who affect to dread them , and may be shackled or suppressed , as fear or fancy may dictate ? For how ...
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... influence of property is brought to bear upon political power and civil li berty . Thus , you prepare them more readily to yield , whenever the influence of wealth , within their own county , shall advance its claims to the same power ...
... influence of property is brought to bear upon political power and civil li berty . Thus , you prepare them more readily to yield , whenever the influence of wealth , within their own county , shall advance its claims to the same power ...
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... influence in regulating the other . The one looks to property only ; the other to qualified voters only . In the resolution , a proposition is affirmed in the first member of it ; then , a fact is affirined ; and the last clause is an ...
... influence in regulating the other . The one looks to property only ; the other to qualified voters only . In the resolution , a proposition is affirmed in the first member of it ; then , a fact is affirined ; and the last clause is an ...
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... influence over property ; and all who own it , feel it to be unsafe , to put the power of controlling it , into the hands of those who are not the owners . If you go on population alone , as the basis of representation , you will be ...
... influence over property ; and all who own it , feel it to be unsafe , to put the power of controlling it , into the hands of those who are not the owners . If you go on population alone , as the basis of representation , you will be ...
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