 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...articles of confederation, andreport" ing to congress and the several legislatures, such altera" tions and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in...constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government, and " the preservation of the union," From these two acts, it appears, 1st, that the object of the convention,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...under consideration, was finally acted upon: and it was declared "in the opinion of congress, to be expedient that on the second monday in May next, a...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This recommendation removed all objections to the regularity of the... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...subject was acted upon in congress, and it was declared " to.be expedient, that on the second Monday of May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union.*' § 17. Agreeably to this resolution, deputies from all the states... | |
 | David Ramsay - History - 1817 - 522 pages
...founded a resolution: " That in their opinion it was expedient that, on the second Monday in May, 1787, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the Union." This resolution was submitted to the state legislatures and by them... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...May next, a convention of delegates, " who shall have been appointed by the several states, beheld at " Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...*' render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of u government, and the preservation of the union.'' From these two acts, it appears, 1st,... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions...shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states for the express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." •4 This resolvs of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 472 pages
...next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states for the express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This resolve of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to give... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1821 - 328 pages
...held at Philadelphia, for the " sole and express purpose of revising the articles of con" federation, and reporting to congress and the several " legislatures,...constitution adequate to " the exigencies of government, and the preservation of " the union." The day appointed by this resolution for the meeting of the convention... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...to be "for the sole and exprera purpose of revising the articles of confederation," >nd reporting " such alterations and provisions therein, as shall,...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the «ijencies of Government, and the preservation of the Union." What Union'. That which had been formed,... | |
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Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising... 
