Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870Department of state, 1894 - Constitutional history |
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... moved and seconded to agree to the second resolution reported from the Committee , namely , Resolved that the Legislature consist of Two Branches . which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to amend the first clause of ...
... moved and seconded to agree to the second resolution reported from the Committee , namely , Resolved that the Legislature consist of Two Branches . which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to amend the first clause of ...
Page 69
... moved and seconded to erase the word " three " from the second clause of the third resolution , reported from the Committee which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the word . " Two " in the second clause of ...
... moved and seconded to erase the word " three " from the second clause of the third resolution , reported from the Committee which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the word . " Two " in the second clause of ...
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... moved and seconded to add the following [ “ words ” stricken out ] clause to the 3rd resolution to be of the age of 25 years at least . which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to strike out the following words in ...
... moved and seconded to add the following [ “ words ” stricken out ] clause to the 3rd resolution to be of the age of 25 years at least . which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to strike out the following words in ...
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... moved and seconded to strike out the following words in the third resolution reported from the Committee namely " by a particular State " On the question to strike out the words it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to ...
... moved and seconded to strike out the following words in the third resolution reported from the Committee namely " by a particular State " On the question to strike out the words it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to ...
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... moved and seconded to erase the word " national " and to substitute the words " United States " ( in the fourth resolution ) which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the first clause ...
... moved and seconded to erase the word " national " and to substitute the words " United States " ( in the fourth resolution ) which passed in the affirmative . It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the first clause ...
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Page 273 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 273 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 270 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the admission of States lawfully arising within the limits of the United States, whether from a voluntary junction of Government and Territory or otherwise, with the consent of a number of voices in the National legislature less than the whole.
Page 24 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 68 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 195 - That it is the opinion of this Convention that, as soon as the conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same...
Page 166 - If any person bound to service or labor in any of the United States shall escape into another state, he or she shall not be discharged from such service or labor in consequence of any regulation subsisting in the state to which they escape, but shall be delivered up to the person justly claiming their service or labor.
Page 75 - State, or under the authority of the United States, except those peculiarly belonging to the functions of the first branch...
Page 264 - Judiciary be established to consist of one or more supreme tribunals, and of inferior tribunals to be chosen by the National Legislature, to hold their offices during good behaviour; and to receive punctually at stated times fixed compensation for their services, in which no increase or diminution shall be made so as to affect the persons actually in office at the time...
Page 202 - Resolved that the members of the first branch of the National Legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States...