A History and Analysis of the Constitution of the United States, with a Full Account of the Confederations which Preceded it ; of the Debates and Acts of the Convention which Formed it ; of the Judicial Decisions which Have Construed it ; with Papers and Tables Illustrative of the Action of the Government and the People Under it |
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... foreign nations in time of war , and to defend the lesser States against the ambition of the larger . " Mr. SHERMAN , of Connecticut , " seconded and sup- ported Mr. Lansing's motion . He admitted two branches to be necessary in the ...
... foreign nations in time of war , and to defend the lesser States against the ambition of the larger . " Mr. SHERMAN , of Connecticut , " seconded and sup- ported Mr. Lansing's motion . He admitted two branches to be necessary in the ...
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... foreign court , does not lose his character as an inhabitant of his State . Ibid . 497 . It has been repeatedly settled by both houses of Con- gress , that , the constitution having fixed the qualifications of members , no additional ...
... foreign court , does not lose his character as an inhabitant of his State . Ibid . 497 . It has been repeatedly settled by both houses of Con- gress , that , the constitution having fixed the qualifications of members , no additional ...
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... foreign affairs . " Mr. HAMILTON , before the close of the session of the Convention , modified his views and advocated short terms of office , both for the President and Senators . The committee of the whole reported the clause in the ...
... foreign affairs . " Mr. HAMILTON , before the close of the session of the Convention , modified his views and advocated short terms of office , both for the President and Senators . The committee of the whole reported the clause in the ...
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... foreign habits , opinions , and attachments would have rendered him an improper agent . Mr. RANDOLPH doubted whether the immigration of for- eigners was advantageous to the country , but he was not willing to disfranchise them for ...
... foreign habits , opinions , and attachments would have rendered him an improper agent . Mr. RANDOLPH doubted whether the immigration of for- eigners was advantageous to the country , but he was not willing to disfranchise them for ...
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... foreign growth or manufacture , imported into any part of the United States ; by stamps on paper , vel- lum , or parchment , and by a postage on all letters or pack- ages , passing through the general post - office ; ANALYSIS OF THE ...
... foreign growth or manufacture , imported into any part of the United States ; by stamps on paper , vel- lum , or parchment , and by a postage on all letters or pack- ages , passing through the general post - office ; ANALYSIS OF THE ...
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Page 363 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Page 204 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 137 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Page 202 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 159 - State or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 247 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 153 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Page 209 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 91 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 368 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.