Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to April 25, 1787Langtree & O'Sullivan, 1840 |
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... means certain that the spirit of insurrection was subdued . The leaders , too , of the insurgents had not been apprehended , and parties of them were still in arms in disaffected places . Secondly . That great respect is due on such ...
... means certain that the spirit of insurrection was subdued . The leaders , too , of the insurgents had not been apprehended , and parties of them were still in arms in disaffected places . Secondly . That great respect is due on such ...
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... means of effecting them . The objections which seemed to prevail against the recommendation of the Convention by Congress , were , with some , that it tended to weaken the Federal authority by lending its sanction to an extra ...
... means of effecting them . The objections which seemed to prevail against the recommendation of the Convention by Congress , were , with some , that it tended to weaken the Federal authority by lending its sanction to an extra ...
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... means of populating the western country with additional rapidity ; that the British had their eye upon that field , would countenance the separation of the western from the eastern part of North America , promote the settlement of it ...
... means of populating the western country with additional rapidity ; that the British had their eye upon that field , would countenance the separation of the western from the eastern part of North America , promote the settlement of it ...
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... mean to disarm and dis- franchise all who have been engaged in it . We have no information from any other quarter , and I have not been here long enough to collect any just idea of the general politics . DEAR SIR , TO EDMUND RANDOLPH ...
... mean to disarm and dis- franchise all who have been engaged in it . We have no information from any other quarter , and I have not been here long enough to collect any just idea of the general politics . DEAR SIR , TO EDMUND RANDOLPH ...
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... means to bring the matter before Congress , and to direct the Dutch Consul to protest against the duties in case of their being exacted . He professes and appears , notwithstanding , to be anxious for an ami- cable adjustment , and ...
... means to bring the matter before Congress , and to direct the Dutch Consul to protest against the duties in case of their being exacted . He professes and appears , notwithstanding , to be anxious for an ami- cable adjustment , and ...
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Adjourned admitted agreed amendment appointment Articles of Confederation authority Britain citizens clause Committee Confederacy Congress Connecticut considered Constitution Convention danger Delaware Delegates divided Doctor FRANKLIN Doctor JOHNSON EDMUND RANDOLPH election ELLSWORTH equal vote equality of votes established Executive favor federacy Federal foreign gentlemen Georgia GERRY give GOUVERNEUR MORRIS House idea individuals interest Jersey Judiciary KING latter lature laws Legis legislative liberty MADISON MADISON observed majority Maryland MASON Massachusetts ment mode money bills moved National Government National Legislature necessary negative North numbers of inhabitants object observed opinion Pennsylvania PINCKNEY postponed principle proper proportion proportional representation proposed proposition question RANDOLPH render Report representation representatives Resolution Resolved rule RUTLEDGE second branch seconded the motion Senate SHERMAN South Carolina Spain suffrage supposed sylvania thought tion tive treaties tribunals ture Union United Virginia wealth whole WILSON wished York
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Página 860 - postponed till to-morrow, to give an opportunity for other plans to be proposed—the Report was in the words following: 1. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that a national Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary. 2. Resolved, that the National Legislature ought to consist of two branches. 3. Resolved,
Página 1126 - Mr. BEDFORD moved that the second member of the sixth Resolution be so altered as to read, " and moreover to legislate in all cases for the general interests of the Union, and also in those to which the States are severally incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation.
Página 867 - to receive punctually, at stated times, a fixed compensation for their services, in which no increase nor diminution shall be made so as to affect the persons actually in office at the time of such increase or diminution. That the Judiciary so established shall have authority to hear and determine, in the first instance, on
Página 761 - contravening, in the opinion of the National Legislature, the Articles of Union, down to the last clause, (the words, "or any treaties subsisting under the authority of the Union," being added after the words "contravening, &c. the Articles of the Union," on motion of Doctor Franklin) were agreed to without debate or dissent. The last clause of the sixth Resolution,
Página 995 - prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to 62' business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service,
Página 992 - FRANKLIN. Mr. President, The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continual reasonings with each other—our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes—is, mcthinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to
Página 735 - We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution, for the government of ourselves and posterity.
Página 894 - X. All laws of the particular States contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States to be utterly void; and the better to prevent such laws being passed, the Governor or President of each State shall be appointed by the General Government, and shall have a
Página 794 - 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.