 Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in 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...  The Constitution of the United States of America - Page 190by William L. Hickey - 1846 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...articles of confederation, andreport" ing to congress and the several legislatures, such altera" tions and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in...constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government, and " the preservation of the union," From these two acts, it appears, 1st, that the object of the convention,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This recommendation removed all objections to the regularity of the... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 424 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union.*' § 17. Agreeably to this resolution, deputies from all the states... | |
 | David Ramsay - History - 1817 - 522 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the Union." This resolution was submitted to the state legislatures and by them... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison - 1817 - 570 pages
...express purpose of revising the " articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the " several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...*' render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of u government, and the preservation of the union.'' From these two acts, it appears, 1st,... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 530 pages
...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 Con" gress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal " constitution adequate to the exigencies... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention, Robert Yates - Constitutional conventions - 1821 - 320 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of con" federation, and reporting to congress and the several " legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to " the exigencies of government, and the preservation of " the union." The day appointed by this resolution for the meeting of the convention... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 472 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such alterations, and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This resolve of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to give... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such alterations, and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." •4 This resolvs of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...to be "for the sole and exprera purpose of revising the articles of confederation," >nd reporting " such alterations and provisions therein, as shall,...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the «ijencies of Government, and the preservation of the Union." What Union'. That which had been formed,... | |
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