Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration of Independence to the Close of the Civil War, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1889 - Constitutional history |
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... United Colonies , to create a continental currency , in order to defray the expenses of the war . This was done by issuing two millions of dollars , in bills of credit , for the redemption of which the faith of the confederated colonies ...
... United Colonies , to create a continental currency , in order to defray the expenses of the war . This was done by issuing two millions of dollars , in bills of credit , for the redemption of which the faith of the confederated colonies ...
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... united in a national capacity , as one people ; that they could thereafter enter into treaties and contract alliances with foreign nations , could levy war and conclude peace , and do all other acts pertaining to the exercise of a ...
... united in a national capacity , as one people ; that they could thereafter enter into treaties and contract alliances with foreign nations , could levy war and conclude peace , and do all other acts pertaining to the exercise of a ...
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... United States ; allowing thirty days for those who preferred to remain under the protection of Great Britain to withdraw within the enemy's lines . This was considered in some quarters as an undue exercise of power . The idea of an oath ...
... United States ; allowing thirty days for those who preferred to remain under the protection of Great Britain to withdraw within the enemy's lines . This was considered in some quarters as an undue exercise of power . The idea of an oath ...
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... United States , not to re - enlist in their old regiments , as fast as their term of service expired , but to go to ... United States , and a promise to support , maintain , and defend them against King George III . and his successors ...
... United States , not to re - enlist in their old regiments , as fast as their term of service expired , but to go to ... United States , and a promise to support , maintain , and defend them against King George III . and his successors ...
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... United States with any foreign power , pursuant to the treaties already proposed to the courts of France and Spain ; while the ninth article declared that no treaty of commerce should be made by the United States whereby the legislative ...
... United States with any foreign power , pursuant to the treaties already proposed to the courts of France and Spain ; while the ninth article declared that no treaty of commerce should be made by the United States whereby the legislative ...
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Page 734 - Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page 736 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Page 721 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union ; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 720 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Page 736 - The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 364 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the 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...
Page 738 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 717 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State, or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 205 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 242 - May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the states, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.