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... persons was to be made the basis of government : an objection which anticipated the great reform of 1820,2 in Massachusetts . The clause giving the control of elections to Congress , wrenched from its relations in the new plan , was ...
... persons was to be made the basis of government : an objection which anticipated the great reform of 1820,2 in Massachusetts . The clause giving the control of elections to Congress , wrenched from its relations in the new plan , was ...
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... States . There should be one repre- 1 Debates , 222-224 . 2 January 31 , 1788 ; Debates , 79-81 . 3 They were in the handwriting of Parsons ; Harding , 88 . 50 THE AGREEMENT . sentative to every thirty thousand persons II - 4 Hancock's ...
... States . There should be one repre- 1 Debates , 222-224 . 2 January 31 , 1788 ; Debates , 79-81 . 3 They were in the handwriting of Parsons ; Harding , 88 . 50 THE AGREEMENT . sentative to every thirty thousand persons II - 4 Hancock's ...
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FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. 50 THE AGREEMENT . sentative to every thirty thousand persons until the whole number should ... person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States , should be permitted to accept any title from any ...
FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE. 50 THE AGREEMENT . sentative to every thirty thousand persons until the whole number should ... person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States , should be permitted to accept any title from any ...
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... persons and the estates of citi- zens , and , therefore , had thought it right to draw one branch of the legislature immediately from the people , wealth and numbers both being considered in the repre- sentation . The best rule for ...
... persons and the estates of citi- zens , and , therefore , had thought it right to draw one branch of the legislature immediately from the people , wealth and numbers both being considered in the repre- sentation . The best rule for ...
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... persons frequently chosen mediately or im- mediately by them , and that as the people in each State had a share in the government in proportion to their im- portance , there was no danger of the abuse of these powers , so long as the ...
... persons frequently chosen mediately or im- mediately by them , and that as the people in each State had a share in the government in proportion to their im- portance , there was no danger of the abuse of these powers , so long as the ...
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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.