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Page 168
... representation to each , in proportion to the number of taxables in such returns ; which representation shall continue for the next seven years after- wards , at the end of which , a new return of the taxable inhabitants shall be made ...
... representation to each , in proportion to the number of taxables in such returns ; which representation shall continue for the next seven years after- wards , at the end of which , a new return of the taxable inhabitants shall be made ...
Page 269
... representation . He could not , however , regard them as equal to freemen , and could not vote for them as such . He added as worthy of remark , that the southern States have this peculiar species of property , over and above the other ...
... representation . He could not , however , regard them as equal to freemen , and could not vote for them as such . He added as worthy of remark , that the southern States have this peculiar species of property , over and above the other ...
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... representation in the general government ; it would be too expensive and too unwieldy . We are then under the necessity of having this a very inade- quate representation . Is this general representation to be compared with the real ...
... representation in the general government ; it would be too expensive and too unwieldy . We are then under the necessity of having this a very inade- quate representation . Is this general representation to be compared with the real ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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