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... amendments . When I come to contemplate this part , I suppose that I am mad , or that my countrymen are so . The way to amendment is , in my conception , shut . Let us consider this plain , easy way . [ Constitution , art . v . ] Hence ...
... amendments . When I come to contemplate this part , I suppose that I am mad , or that my countrymen are so . The way to amendment is , in my conception , shut . Let us consider this plain , easy way . [ Constitution , art . v . ] Hence ...
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... amendments . If one third of these be unworthy men , they may prevent the application for amendments ; but what is destructive and mischievous is that three fourths of the State legislatures , or of the State conven- tions , must concur ...
... amendments . If one third of these be unworthy men , they may prevent the application for amendments ; but what is destructive and mischievous is that three fourths of the State legislatures , or of the State conven- tions , must concur ...
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... amendments . The gentlemen who , within this house , have thought proper to propose previous amendments , have brought no less than forty amendments , a bill of rights which contains twenty amendments , and twenty other alterations ...
... amendments . The gentlemen who , within this house , have thought proper to propose previous amendments , have brought no less than forty amendments , a bill of rights which contains twenty amendments , and twenty other alterations ...
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INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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