Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... branch , of the National Legislature as essential to every plan of free government . He observed that in some of the States one branch of the Legislature was composed of men already removed from the people by an intervening body of ...
... branch , of the National Legislature as essential to every plan of free government . He observed that in some of the States one branch of the Legislature was composed of men already removed from the people by an intervening body of ...
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... branch could not be balanced by them . The legislature of a numerous people ought to be a numerous body . Mr ... branch of it should be chosen by the Legislatures , and the other by the people , the two branches will rest on different ...
... branch could not be balanced by them . The legislature of a numerous people ought to be a numerous body . Mr ... branch of it should be chosen by the Legislatures , and the other by the people , the two branches will rest on different ...
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... branch , the aggregate number of that branch will be 180. Add to it half as many for the other branch and you have 270 members coming once at least a year from the most distant as well as the most central parts of the republic . In the ...
... branch , the aggregate number of that branch will be 180. Add to it half as many for the other branch and you have 270 members coming once at least a year from the most distant as well as the most central parts of the republic . In the ...
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