| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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