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... Virginia . 9 10 In Pennsylvania and Delaware ... In the Carolinas ... In the Southwest ..... Opposition in Connecticut .. Paper Money ... Attitude of Parties .. Question of Ratification .. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Parties in Pennsylvania ...
... Virginia . 9 10 In Pennsylvania and Delaware ... In the Carolinas ... In the Southwest ..... Opposition in Connecticut .. Paper Money ... Attitude of Parties .. Question of Ratification .. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Parties in Pennsylvania ...
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... VIRGINIA . Activity of Washington for the New Plan . The Situation in Virginia .. Patrick Henry .... Ratification Doubtful . The Delegates ...... Thomas Jefferson .. Defense of the Plan ..... A National Government Proposed . James ...
... VIRGINIA . Activity of Washington for the New Plan . The Situation in Virginia .. Patrick Henry .... Ratification Doubtful . The Delegates ...... Thomas Jefferson .. Defense of the Plan ..... A National Government Proposed . James ...
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... Virginia was uncertain . In New England and the middle States , where the greater number of newspapers were published , controversies over the new plan immediately sprang up and continued to the end . The opposition centered its at ...
... Virginia was uncertain . In New England and the middle States , where the greater number of newspapers were published , controversies over the new plan immediately sprang up and continued to the end . The opposition centered its at ...
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... Virginia were confined chiefly to the tide water district , and here federal senti- ment prevailed . Here , too , were found the large towns , the lawyers in lucrative practice and ... Virginia found an advocate in In Maryland and Virginia.
... Virginia were confined chiefly to the tide water district , and here federal senti- ment prevailed . Here , too , were found the large towns , the lawyers in lucrative practice and ... Virginia found an advocate in In Maryland and Virginia.
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... Virginia and Maryland , and they held the opinions of their class . As soon as the character of the new plan was made known to the people of the State , their apathy began to disappear and the wealthier portion de- veloped federal ...
... Virginia and Maryland , and they held the opinions of their class . As soon as the character of the new plan was made known to the people of the State , their apathy began to disappear and the wealthier portion de- veloped federal ...
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Page 407 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 547 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 399 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both.
Page 218 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Page 464 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 598 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the National Constitution amended.
Page 479 - AND OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER THE COMPACT ENTITLED "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Page 213 - Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by...
Page 585 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 333 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.