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... vote and no more . " 2 More than two weeks later , after the New Jersey plan had been rejected and the next day after the discussion had grown so violent that Franklin had proposed that henceforth the Conven- tion should open with ...
... vote and no more . " 2 More than two weeks later , after the New Jersey plan had been rejected and the next day after the discussion had grown so violent that Franklin had proposed that henceforth the Conven- tion should open with ...
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... vote per capita and not by States . The question , moreover , of the proportion of repre- sentation in the lower ... votes in their own hands " in order that they might not be con- trolled by the West . " If the Western people get the ...
... vote per capita and not by States . The question , moreover , of the proportion of repre- sentation in the lower ... votes in their own hands " in order that they might not be con- trolled by the West . " If the Western people get the ...
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... vote to abolish the slave trade would be received by South Carolina as " a polite way of telling her that she was not wanted in the Union . " 2 It was necessary to retain the support of these two States if the Con- stitution was to have ...
... vote to abolish the slave trade would be received by South Carolina as " a polite way of telling her that she was not wanted in the Union . " 2 It was necessary to retain the support of these two States if the Con- stitution was to have ...
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... votes were taken concerning various phases of the method of election alone . The dif- ferences of opinion manifested over this question divided the members along new lines . We have seen large States and small striving for supremacy ...
... votes were taken concerning various phases of the method of election alone . The dif- ferences of opinion manifested over this question divided the members along new lines . We have seen large States and small striving for supremacy ...
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... vote . Thus was the prin- ciple of the compromise retained and the one con- spicuous failure of the Convention's work completed . The main features of the form of government elaborated in the Convention are familiar . Through- out the ...
... vote . Thus was the prin- ciple of the compromise retained and the one con- spicuous failure of the Convention's work completed . The main features of the form of government elaborated in the Convention are familiar . Through- out the ...
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