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, Volumen4J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1836 |
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... body , and that the debates would be conducted with decency and moderation . The Convention then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house , Mr. Elisha Battle in the chair . - Mr. CALDWELL . Mr. Chairman , those maxims which 8 ...
... body , and that the debates would be conducted with decency and moderation . The Convention then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house , Mr. Elisha Battle in the chair . - Mr. CALDWELL . Mr. Chairman , those maxims which 8 ...
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... body of forces on foot , and those in this state raised for two years , notwithstanding the express pro- vision in the Confederation that no force should be kept up by any state in time of peace . As to internal tranquillity , without ...
... body of forces on foot , and those in this state raised for two years , notwithstanding the express pro- vision in the Confederation that no force should be kept up by any state in time of peace . As to internal tranquillity , without ...
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... body , it was thought unsafe to augment its powers , without altering its organization . The act of the Convention is but a mere proposal , similar to the production of a private pen . I think it a government which , if adopted , will ...
... body , it was thought unsafe to augment its powers , without altering its organization . The act of the Convention is but a mere proposal , similar to the production of a private pen . I think it a government which , if adopted , will ...
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... body that impeached had the power of trying - that , therefore , the Constitution had wisely given the power of impeachment to the House of Representatives , and that of trying impeachments to the Senate . Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR . Mr ...
... body that impeached had the power of trying - that , therefore , the Constitution had wisely given the power of impeachment to the House of Representatives , and that of trying impeachments to the Senate . Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR . Mr ...
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... body are never , as such , liable to impeachment , but are punishable by law for crimes and misdemeanors in their personal capacity . For instance ; the members of As- sembly are not liable to impeachment , but , like other people , are ...
... body are never , as such , liable to impeachment , but are punishable by law for crimes and misdemeanors in their personal capacity . For instance ; the members of As- sembly are not liable to impeachment , but , like other people , are ...
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Página 512 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common Judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 507 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Página 570 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Página 484 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Página 242 - 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.
Página 509 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Página 587 - The Constitution of the United States, ihen, forms a government, not a league ; and whether it be formed by compact between the states, or in any other manner, its character is the same. It is a government in which all the people are represented, which operates directly on the people individually, not upon the states.
Página 508 - The states then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently that as the parties to it, they must themselves decide in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition.
Página 241 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that 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.
Página 583 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.