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 ...S. Shepherd & Company, 1830 - 919 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 6
... thought that a decent respect for themselves , as well as for the opinions and feelings of the community , requires of the members the adoption of a resolution of this kind . Mr. Powell said , that he was by no means opposed to the ...
... thought that a decent respect for themselves , as well as for the opinions and feelings of the community , requires of the members the adoption of a resolution of this kind . Mr. Powell said , that he was by no means opposed to the ...
Página 8
... thought would be a ready and the best mode of gathering the sense of the whole body . The trust committed to the Convention was an important one ; the enlargement of the Comunittee would not be great , and each delegation would then be ...
... thought would be a ready and the best mode of gathering the sense of the whole body . The trust committed to the Convention was an important one ; the enlargement of the Comunittee would not be great , and each delegation would then be ...
Página 18
... thought something ought to be said upon it . I felt it a duty , to explain the nature of the course I wished to see pursued . I have done : and should consider it unwarrantable , to waste more of that time , which it is my aim and my ...
... thought something ought to be said upon it . I felt it a duty , to explain the nature of the course I wished to see pursued . I have done : and should consider it unwarrantable , to waste more of that time , which it is my aim and my ...
Página 21
... thought , arose from the formal mode of discussion , pursued in large Committees , though he acknowledged , that he should prefer the col- loquial mode of debate . A desultory conversation ensued , in which Messrs . Leigh , Stanard ...
... thought , arose from the formal mode of discussion , pursued in large Committees , though he acknowledged , that he should prefer the col- loquial mode of debate . A desultory conversation ensued , in which Messrs . Leigh , Stanard ...
Página 30
... thought the fathers of the republic . It was not the oppressive weight of the taxes imposed by England on America : it was the assertion of a right to impose any bur- thens whatever upon those who were not represented ; to bind by laws ...
... thought the fathers of the republic . It was not the oppressive weight of the taxes imposed by England on America : it was the assertion of a right to impose any bur- thens whatever upon those who were not represented ; to bind by laws ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admit adopted amendment argument aristocracy Assembly basis of representation Bill of Rights Blue Ridge body called cents Chairman citizens Commonwealth considered Constitution Constitution of Virginia contended Convention counties debate declared district Doddridge dollars duty East effect election entitled equal excluded Executive exercise existing feel free white freeholders friends gentleman from Brooke gentleman from Chesterfield gentleman from Loudoun gentleman from Northampton give Government Governor House of Burgesses House of Delegates interest labour land Legislative Committee Legislature Leigh liberty majority ment Mercer minority motion natural rights never non-freeholders Norfolk object opinion P. P. Barbour persons political power possess present principle proportion proposed proposition protection qualification question reason referred representative Republican resolution Resolved Right of Suffrage rule Senate shew slave-holding slaves society South Carolina Stanard supposed taxation thing tion United Universal Suffrage Virginia vote voters wealth West Western white population whole