A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 2H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 - United States |
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... Island , CHAPTER XVIII . General convention meet at Philadelphia --- Form rules for their proceedings- Propositions of Mr. Randolph for a new system of government - Amendments * Inserted xvi . by mistake . 154 179 Page . of the articles ...
... Island , CHAPTER XVIII . General convention meet at Philadelphia --- Form rules for their proceedings- Propositions of Mr. Randolph for a new system of government - Amendments * Inserted xvi . by mistake . 154 179 Page . of the articles ...
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... Island refuses to call a convention --- The other five states much divided --- Doubtful for a time whether they would ratify it without pre- vious amendments --- Massachusetts adopts it , and recommends certain amend- ments ...
... Island refuses to call a convention --- The other five states much divided --- Doubtful for a time whether they would ratify it without pre- vious amendments --- Massachusetts adopts it , and recommends certain amend- ments ...
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... Island placed on the same footing with those of the United States , until the 15th of January , 1790 --- Congress direct the secretary of the treasury to report , at their next session , a plan for the support of public credit ...
... Island placed on the same footing with those of the United States , until the 15th of January , 1790 --- Congress direct the secretary of the treasury to report , at their next session , a plan for the support of public credit ...
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... Island ; Mr. Sherman , from Connecticut ; R. Livingston , from New York ; Mr. Dickinson , from Pennsylvania ; Mr. McKean , from Delaware ; Mr. Stone , from Maryland ; Mr. Nelson , from Virginia ; Mr. Hewes , from North Carolina ; E ...
... Island ; Mr. Sherman , from Connecticut ; R. Livingston , from New York ; Mr. Dickinson , from Pennsylvania ; Mr. McKean , from Delaware ; Mr. Stone , from Maryland ; Mr. Nelson , from Virginia ; Mr. Hewes , from North Carolina ; E ...
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... Island , Delaware , and Georgia , should each have one vote , and all the other states one vote , for every fifty thou- sand white inhabitants . The states of Virginia and Pennsylva- nia , ( the latter then represented by one member ...
... Island , Delaware , and Georgia , should each have one vote , and all the other states one vote , for every fifty thou- sand white inhabitants . The states of Virginia and Pennsylva- nia , ( the latter then represented by one member ...
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Page 244 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, 'sir, in the sacred writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 496 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
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Page 225 - 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, end 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...
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Page 12 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common • defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
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