The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution, Volume 4J. B. Lippincott, 1863 |
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... granted them ; that they ought not to have used the words We , the people . That they were not the delegates of the people , is universally acknowledged . The Constitution is only a mere proposal . Had it been binding on us , there ...
... granted them ; that they ought not to have used the words We , the people . That they were not the delegates of the people , is universally acknowledged . The Constitution is only a mere proposal . Had it been binding on us , there ...
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... granted by this Constitution are not vested in a Congress consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives , because the Vice - President has a right to put a check on it . This is known to every gentleman in the Convention ...
... granted by this Constitution are not vested in a Congress consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives , because the Vice - President has a right to put a check on it . This is known to every gentleman in the Convention ...
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... granted that an aristocracy must arise out of the general government . This , I take it , from the very nature of the thing , can never happen . Aristocracies grow out of the combination of a few powerful families , where the country or ...
... granted that an aristocracy must arise out of the general government . This , I take it , from the very nature of the thing , can never happen . Aristocracies grow out of the combination of a few powerful families , where the country or ...
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... granted , that we could not at that time be said to be in a state of war . Dreadful might the condition of this country be without this power . We must trust our friends or trust our enemies . There is one restriction on this power ...
... granted , that we could not at that time be said to be in a state of war . Dreadful might the condition of this country be without this power . We must trust our friends or trust our enemies . There is one restriction on this power ...
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... been used to . We had been accustomed to a council under the old government , and took it for granted we ought to have one under the new . But ex- amples ought not to be implicitly followed ; and the 108 [ IREDELL . DEBATES .
... been used to . We had been accustomed to a council under the old government , and took it for granted we ought to have one under the new . But ex- amples ought not to be implicitly followed ; and the 108 [ IREDELL . DEBATES .
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