History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789], Volumen6D. Appleton, 1896 |
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... TION . 1787-1788 . CHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS AND IN VIRGINIA . September to November 1787 . The constitution received in congress . Opposed in congress Amendments desired by Lee . Is supported by New York . Propositions of ...
... TION . 1787-1788 . CHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS AND IN VIRGINIA . September to November 1787 . The constitution received in congress . Opposed in congress Amendments desired by Lee . Is supported by New York . Propositions of ...
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... tion would have borne some proportion to population , was to be chosen triennially by the colonies . This plan , which fore- shadowed the present constitution of the Dominion of Canada and the federation which with hope and applause was ...
... tion would have borne some proportion to population , was to be chosen triennially by the colonies . This plan , which fore- shadowed the present constitution of the Dominion of Canada and the federation which with hope and applause was ...
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... tion , defining and describing the powers of congress . To have them marked out legally will give additional energy to the whole , and a new confidence to the several parts . ” # " Call a convention of the states , and establish a ...
... tion , defining and describing the powers of congress . To have them marked out legally will give additional energy to the whole , and a new confidence to the several parts . ” # " Call a convention of the states , and establish a ...
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... tion of Schuyler , his father - in - law , who was ever constant in support of a national system , the senate resolved itself into " a committee of the whole on the state of the nation . " its deliberations on two successive days a ...
... tion of Schuyler , his father - in - law , who was ever constant in support of a national system , the senate resolved itself into " a committee of the whole on the state of the nation . " its deliberations on two successive days a ...
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... tion of the lands in controversy did of right belong to the state of Pennsylvania . The judgment was approved by con- gress ; and the parties in the litigation gave the example of submission to this first settlement of a controversy ...
... tion of the lands in controversy did of right belong to the state of Pennsylvania . The judgment was approved by con- gress ; and the parties in the litigation gave the example of submission to this first settlement of a controversy ...
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Página 292 - We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish, the following Constitution for the government of ourselves, and our posterity : ARTICLE I.
Página 218 - Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation ; to negative all laws passed by the several States contravening, in the opinion of the National Legislature, the Articles of Union, or any treaty subsisting under the authority of the Union...
Página 148 - I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.
Página 390 - Under the Articles of Confederation each State retained its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right not expressly delegated to the United States.
Página 374 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Página 196 - 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 321 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country, have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 371 - Constitution which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 256 - He thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as to secure to the Atlantic States a prevalence in the national councils.
Página 105 - And although the general has so frequently given it as his opinion in the most public and explicit manner that, unless the principles of the federal government were properly supported, and the powers of the Union increased, the honor, dignity and justice of the nation would be lost forever...