Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal Constitution |
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... election the different counties shall be divided into twenty - four districts , and each county of the respective district , at the time of the election of its delegates , shall vote for one Senator , who is actually a resident and ...
... election the different counties shall be divided into twenty - four districts , and each county of the respective district , at the time of the election of its delegates , shall vote for one Senator , who is actually a resident and ...
Page 153
... election , the six members elected by the first division shall be displaced , and the vacancies thereby occasioned supplied from such class or division , by new election , in the manner aforesaid . This rotation shall be applied to each ...
... election , the six members elected by the first division shall be displaced , and the vacancies thereby occasioned supplied from such class or division , by new election , in the manner aforesaid . This rotation shall be applied to each ...
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... election through the medium of the Legislatures , than by the people themselves . If the Legislatures , as was now complained , sacrificed the commercial to the landed interest , what reason was there to expect such a choice from them ...
... election through the medium of the Legislatures , than by the people themselves . If the Legislatures , as was now complained , sacrificed the commercial to the landed interest , what reason was there to expect such a choice from them ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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