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... reason in the world why the people should reject it . This , it was said , might possibly be so , if Mr. Wilson were the only signer of the constitution . But he was not . His was but one name in a long list of great names . Had it not ...
... reason in the world why the people should reject it . This , it was said , might possibly be so , if Mr. Wilson were the only signer of the constitution . But he was not . His was but one name in a long list of great names . Had it not ...
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... fulfilled . Only one thin volume ever came out , and that contains merely the speeches of Wilson and a few of those of Thomas M'Kean . The reason is not far to seek . He was bought up by the 14 The Struggle Over the Constitution .
... fulfilled . Only one thin volume ever came out , and that contains merely the speeches of Wilson and a few of those of Thomas M'Kean . The reason is not far to seek . He was bought up by the 14 The Struggle Over the Constitution .
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... reason was there then for the people to demand that they should be left secure in the enjoyment of their sovereign , undelegated powers ? From the character of the constitution as a whole the de- bate drifted off to the particular ...
... reason was there then for the people to demand that they should be left secure in the enjoyment of their sovereign , undelegated powers ? From the character of the constitution as a whole the de- bate drifted off to the particular ...
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... reasons of dissent under three general heads . They dissented because so wide a domain could never be governed save by a ... reason is plain . The constitution proposed for the United States SPR from Wilson's was in many ways the direct ...
... reasons of dissent under three general heads . They dissented because so wide a domain could never be governed save by a ... reason is plain . The constitution proposed for the United States SPR from Wilson's was in many ways the direct ...
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... reason the postmasters in the great towns undertook to distribute the newspapers , and were given , as the price of their labor , a paper by each printer . The suppression of a batch of Gazetteers or Journals was therefore an easy ...
... reason the postmasters in the great towns undertook to distribute the newspapers , and were given , as the price of their labor , a paper by each printer . The suppression of a batch of Gazetteers or Journals was therefore an easy ...
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Page 50 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 44 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Page 403 - States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 268 - WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION.
Page 250 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural inherent and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 462 - That the people have a right to hold themselves, their houses, papers and possessions free from search and seizure, and, therefore, warrants without oaths or affirmations first made, affording a sufficient foundation for them, and whereby any officer or messenger may be commanded or required to search suspected places, or to seize any person or persons, his or their property not particularly described, are contrary to that right, and ought not to be granted.
Page 188 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.
Page 332 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union.
Page 702 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation. And for you, we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved, may be fostered with all his care; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious; and that he will finally give you that reward which this world cannot give.
Page 476 - when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.