Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787: For the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of AmericaA. Mygatt, 1844 - 335 páginas |
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... Wilson , ) for the purpose of reporting a Constitution . 243 246 249 Draft of a Constitution , reported by a Committee of Five , August 6th , 1787 . 254 Constitution of the United States , as amended and adopt- • ed in Convention ...
... Wilson , ) for the purpose of reporting a Constitution . 243 246 249 Draft of a Constitution , reported by a Committee of Five , August 6th , 1787 . 254 Constitution of the United States , as amended and adopt- • ed in Convention ...
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... , Thomas Fitzsimons , James Wilson , Gouverneur Morris . DELAWARE , George Read , Richard Bassett , Jacob Broom . VIRGINIA , George Washington , Edmund Randolph , George Wythe , George Mason , James Madison , John Blair , James.
... , Thomas Fitzsimons , James Wilson , Gouverneur Morris . DELAWARE , George Read , Richard Bassett , Jacob Broom . VIRGINIA , George Washington , Edmund Randolph , George Wythe , George Mason , James Madison , John Blair , James.
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... Wilson moved , that the States should be di- vided into districts , consisting of one or more States , and each district to elect a number of senators , to form the second branch of the national legislature . The senators to be elected ...
... Wilson moved , that the States should be di- vided into districts , consisting of one or more States , and each district to elect a number of senators , to form the second branch of the national legislature . The senators to be elected ...
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... Wilson , in support of the motion , asserted , that it would not be obnoxious to the minds of the people , as they , in their State governments , were accustomed and reconciled to a single executive . Three execu- tives might divide so ...
... Wilson , in support of the motion , asserted , that it would not be obnoxious to the minds of the people , as they , in their State governments , were accustomed and reconciled to a single executive . Three execu- tives might divide so ...
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... Wilson contends , that the executive and judi- cial ought to have a joint and full negative ; they cannot otherwise preserve their importance against the legislature . Mr. King was against the interference of the judi- cial . They may ...
... Wilson contends , that the executive and judi- cial ought to have a joint and full negative ; they cannot otherwise preserve their importance against the legislature . Mr. King was against the interference of the judi- cial . They may ...
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Página 269 - Resolved, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this convention that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 270 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página i - 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 245 - ... be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to congress, and lodged among the acts of congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment,...
Página 249 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 272 - September, did resolve unanimously that the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the Convention, made and provided in that case...
Página 251 - That after such publication the electors should be appointed, and the Senators and Representatives elected : That the electors should meet on the day fixed for the election of the President, and should transmit their votes certified, signed, sealed and directed, as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States...
Página 254 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 228 - Committee, that a national Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Página 230 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the admission of States lawfully arising within the limits of the United States, whether from a voluntary junction of Government and Territory or otherwise, with the consent of a number of voices in the National legislature less than the whole.