Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration of Independence to the Close of the Civil War, Volumen1Harper & Brothers, 1889 |
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... and adopted , which was chiefly the work of Dr. Franklin . It was agreed that an act of Parliament was necessary to authorize it to be carried into free and independent power of forming a union among themselves 4 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... and adopted , which was chiefly the work of Dr. Franklin . It was agreed that an act of Parliament was necessary to authorize it to be carried into free and independent power of forming a union among themselves 4 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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... agreed upon . But there was an objection made by the state of New Jersey which should be particularly noticed here , because it foreshadowed one great idea which the Constitution of the United States after- wards embodied . This ...
... agreed upon . But there was an objection made by the state of New Jersey which should be particularly noticed here , because it foreshadowed one great idea which the Constitution of the United States after- wards embodied . This ...
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... agreed to by Congress , and confirmed by the leg- islature of every state . But these declarations , however strong and emphatic in their terms , only made the Confederation in fact , as in name , a league or compact between sovereign ...
... agreed to by Congress , and confirmed by the leg- islature of every state . But these declarations , however strong and emphatic in their terms , only made the Confederation in fact , as in name , a league or compact between sovereign ...
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... agreed upon between the United States and Great Britain , by their plenipotentiaries . Nothing had been done by Congress for the claims of the army , and it seemed highly probable that it would be disbanded without even a settlement of ...
... agreed upon between the United States and Great Britain , by their plenipotentiaries . Nothing had been done by Congress for the claims of the army , and it seemed highly probable that it would be disbanded without even a settlement of ...
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... agreed on by their committee sent to Philadelphia to attend the progress of the memorial through the house . It is manifest from statements in this document , as well as from other evidence , that the officers were nearly driven to ...
... agreed on by their committee sent to Philadelphia to attend the progress of the memorial through the house . It is manifest from statements in this document , as well as from other evidence , that the officers were nearly driven to ...
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Página 734 - Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Página 736 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Página 721 - 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.
Página 720 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Página 736 - The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Página 364 - 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...
Página 738 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Página 717 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such 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...
Página 205 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Página 242 - 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 to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the states, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.