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Page 38
... nine states to ratify it . North Carolina was divided , and thus its vote was lost ; and Delaware , Georgia , and ... thirty - seven years later , five thousand citizens of Illinois out of a voting mass of less than twelve thousand ...
... nine states to ratify it . North Carolina was divided , and thus its vote was lost ; and Delaware , Georgia , and ... thirty - seven years later , five thousand citizens of Illinois out of a voting mass of less than twelve thousand ...
Page 119
... thirty - nine " who signed the original instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of the present government . It is almost exactly true to say they framed it , and it is altogether true to say they fairly ...
... thirty - nine " who signed the original instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of the present government . It is almost exactly true to say they framed it , and it is altogether true to say they fairly ...
Page 120
... thirty - nine , " or any of them , ever acted upon this question ; and , if they did , how they acted upon it how they expressed that better understanding . In 1784 , three years before the Constitution , the United States then owning ...
... thirty - nine , " or any of them , ever acted upon this question ; and , if they did , how they acted upon it how they expressed that better understanding . In 1784 , three years before the Constitution , the United States then owning ...
Page 121
... thirty - nine " who afterward signed the Consti- tution were in that Congress , and voted on the question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition - thus showing that in their understanding no ...
... thirty - nine " who afterward signed the Consti- tution were in that Congress , and voted on the question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition - thus showing that in their understanding no ...
Page 122
... thirty - nine , " was then President of the United States , and as such approved and signed the bill , thus com- pleting its validity as a law , and thus showing that , in his understanding , no line dividing local from Federal ...
... thirty - nine , " was then President of the United States , and as such approved and signed the bill , thus com- pleting its validity as a law , and thus showing that , in his understanding , no line dividing local from Federal ...
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