The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution ... Collected and Rev. from Contemporary Publications, Τόμος 3editor, 1836 |
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Σελίδα 9
... suppose they will fix on those who are in a similar situation with themselves . We find there is a decided majority attached to the landed interest ; conse- quently , the landed interest must prevail in the choice . Should the state be ...
... suppose they will fix on those who are in a similar situation with themselves . We find there is a decided majority attached to the landed interest ; conse- quently , the landed interest must prevail in the choice . Should the state be ...
Σελίδα 13
... suppose that Congress , from a love of power natural to all , will , in general , abuse that with which they are invested ; and then they would make us apprehend that the House of Representatives , notwithstanding their love of power ...
... suppose that Congress , from a love of power natural to all , will , in general , abuse that with which they are invested ; and then they would make us apprehend that the House of Representatives , notwithstanding their love of power ...
Σελίδα 32
... Suppose Congress should say that we should have one for every forty thousand ; will not the Constitution be complied with ? -for one for every forty thousand does not exceed one for every thirty thousand . There is a want of propor ...
... Suppose Congress should say that we should have one for every forty thousand ; will not the Constitution be complied with ? -for one for every forty thousand does not exceed one for every thirty thousand . There is a want of propor ...
Σελίδα 33
... suppose our state is laid off in ten districts , those gentlemen who shall be sent from those districts will lessen their own power and influence in their respective districts if they increase their number ; for the greater the number ...
... suppose our state is laid off in ten districts , those gentlemen who shall be sent from those districts will lessen their own power and influence in their respective districts if they increase their number ; for the greater the number ...
Σελίδα 37
... suppose , in adopting this plan , we should be mistaken in the end ; where is the cause of alarm on that quarter ? In the same plan we point out an easy and quiet method of reforming what may be found amiss . No , but , say gentlemen ...
... suppose , in adopting this plan , we should be mistaken in the end ; where is the cause of alarm on that quarter ? In the same plan we point out an easy and quiet method of reforming what may be found amiss . No , but , say gentlemen ...
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Σελίδα 247 - Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.
Σελίδα 661 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Σελίδα 660 - ... all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.
Σελίδα 50 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Σελίδα 50 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Σελίδα 660 - That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary ; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections...
Σελίδα 139 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Σελίδα 427 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Σελίδα 56 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Σελίδα 658 - ... no right of any denomination can be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by the Congress, by the Sena-te or House of Representatives, acting in any capacity, by the President or any department or officer of the United States...