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" 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 the articles of Confederation and reporting... "
The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of ... - Page 196
by William Hickey - 1846 - 225 pages
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...express purpose of re" vising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress " and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions " therein,...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...
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The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence ..., Volume 9

George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 576 pages
...express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." — Journals, February 2UĞ. The letter from Mr. Madison, written on...
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History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to ...

Alden Bradford - Canada History War of 1812 - 1840 - 494 pages
...and for reporting to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as should, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal compact adequate to the- exigences of government and the preservation of the UNION." There were different...
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History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ...

Alden Bradford - History - 1840 - 498 pages
...and for reporting to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as should, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal compact adequate to the exigences of government and the preservation of the UNION." There were different...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 4

Commerce - 1841 - 604 pages
..."for the purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein,...states, render the Federal constitution adequate to the emergencies of government, and the preservation of the Union. This was a highly important, a critical...
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Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 27

Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 pages
...Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, and to report " to Congress and to the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein...Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." Now, the legislatures of the several States, holding under the constitutions...
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The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal of ..., Volume 1

United States - 1842 - 498 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...states-, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government, and the preservation of the union." (1 Elliott's Debates, 155.) Such was the...
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The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the ...

Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 610 pages
...Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and amendments therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several states under the Federal Constitution be adequate to the exigencies of the government, and...
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The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the ...

Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 608 pages
...Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and amendments therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several states under the Federal Constitution be adequate to the exigencies of the government, and...
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Lectures on Constitutional Law: For the Use of the Law Class at the ...

Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 254 pages
...express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union.' ( 1 Elliot's Debates, 155.) " Such was the origin of the convention...
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