History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Volume 3Lippincott, 1864 - United States |
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... appear . The precision of this statement can leave no doubt , either that he personally derived it from the Journal , or from a person who had access to it . The Journal , as printed , was compiled by John Q. Adams , then Secretary of ...
... appear . The precision of this statement can leave no doubt , either that he personally derived it from the Journal , or from a person who had access to it . The Journal , as printed , was compiled by John Q. Adams , then Secretary of ...
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... appears by the Journal that on the 12th of Sept. a revised draught of the plan of the Convention was brought in by a Committee of Revision , con- sisting of five members . It was printed and copies of it were distributed to the members ...
... appears by the Journal that on the 12th of Sept. a revised draught of the plan of the Convention was brought in by a Committee of Revision , con- sisting of five members . It was printed and copies of it were distributed to the members ...
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... appearing to have been taken , but the question upon which being left in blank . By re- currence to the alterations of the revised draught , I have been able to ascertain some of them , but of many rejected propositions I have no clue ...
... appearing to have been taken , but the question upon which being left in blank . By re- currence to the alterations of the revised draught , I have been able to ascertain some of them , but of many rejected propositions I have no clue ...
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... appear in the character I have supported in the revolution . " I rest my claim solely on the sacrifice I have made ; because I have no reason to believe that my services have appeared of any value to Congress , as they declined giving ...
... appear in the character I have supported in the revolution . " I rest my claim solely on the sacrifice I have made ; because I have no reason to believe that my services have appeared of any value to Congress , as they declined giving ...
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... appear . I am persuaded that America possesses too much wisdom and virtue to permit her brilliant prospects to fade away for want of either . " The tories are almost as much pitied in these coun- tries as they are execrated in ours ; an ...
... appear . I am persuaded that America possesses too much wisdom and virtue to permit her brilliant prospects to fade away for want of either . " The tories are almost as much pitied in these coun- tries as they are execrated in ours ; an ...
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Page 243 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 299 - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Page 300 - In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit.
Page 71 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 260 - Confederation ought to be so corrected & enlarged as to accomplish the objects proposed by their institution; namely, "common defence, security of liberty, and general welfare." 2. Resolved therefore that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases.
Page 71 - ... respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence, a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the union, and the patronage of heaven.
Page 71 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command ; it will continue to animate remotest ages.
Page 165 - Convention; they are the more naturally led to this conclusion, as in the course of their reflections on the subject, they have been induced to think, that the power of regulating trade is of such comprehensive extent, and will enter so far into the general System of the federal government...
Page 70 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Page 459 - These debts had become hereditary from father to son, for many generations, so that the planters were a species of property, annexed to certain mercantile houses in London.