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... respecting the same did of right remain , and were reserved to the States or to the people ; that thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press ...
... respecting the same did of right remain , and were reserved to the States or to the people ; that thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press ...
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... respect- ive Houses and to use their best endeavors to procure at the next session of Congress a repeal of the aforesaid unconstitutional and obnoxious acts . 9. Resolved , lastly , That the Governor of this commonwealth be , and is ...
... respect- ive Houses and to use their best endeavors to procure at the next session of Congress a repeal of the aforesaid unconstitutional and obnoxious acts . 9. Resolved , lastly , That the Governor of this commonwealth be , and is ...
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... respecting certain unconstitutional laws of Congress , com- monly called the Alien and Sedition Laws , would be faithless , indeed , to themselves and to those they represent , were they silently to acquiesce in the principles and ...
... respecting certain unconstitutional laws of Congress , com- monly called the Alien and Sedition Laws , would be faithless , indeed , to themselves and to those they represent , were they silently to acquiesce in the principles and ...
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... respect to the control of Congress , by which ordinance slavery was forever excluded from the vast regions which now ... respecting per- sons escaping from their masters , which act , if the construction given to it by the Supreme Court ...
... respect to the control of Congress , by which ordinance slavery was forever excluded from the vast regions which now ... respecting per- sons escaping from their masters , which act , if the construction given to it by the Supreme Court ...
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... respect for the rights of man , we owe it to the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe , as a proof of our allegiance to Him , in all our civil relations and offices , whether as private citizens or public functionaries sworn to support the ...
... respect for the rights of man , we owe it to the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe , as a proof of our allegiance to Him , in all our civil relations and offices , whether as private citizens or public functionaries sworn to support the ...
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Page 1 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights,...
Page 1 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 3 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 26 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 26 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 26 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery.
Page 37 - We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.
Page 30 - Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 29 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 1 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.