History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America, Volumen2Appleton, 1884 - 495 páginas |
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... authority of parliament . This plan was suppressed by impending war . Great Britain having , with the lavish aid of her colonies , driven France from Canada , needed them no more as allies in war . From 1762 to 1765 the problem was how ...
... authority of parliament . This plan was suppressed by impending war . Great Britain having , with the lavish aid of her colonies , driven France from Canada , needed them no more as allies in war . From 1762 to 1765 the problem was how ...
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... authority to conclude finally and set in motion a " vigorous " general confederation . His ardor would have surprised the people into greater happiness without giving them an opportunity to view and reject his project . ‡ Before the end ...
... authority to conclude finally and set in motion a " vigorous " general confederation . His ardor would have surprised the people into greater happiness without giving them an opportunity to view and reject his project . ‡ Before the end ...
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... authority to gov- ernment . " The enthusiasm of the moment could not hide the truth , that without amendments the new system would struggle vainly for life . Washington answered : " Our affairs will not put on a different aspect unless ...
... authority to gov- ernment . " The enthusiasm of the moment could not hide the truth , that without amendments the new system would struggle vainly for life . Washington answered : " Our affairs will not put on a different aspect unless ...
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... authority of the legislature and the sovereignty of the separate states . " * This interposition of the Virginia legislature so haunted Washington's mind that he felt himself more particularly im- pelled to address with freedom men of ...
... authority of the legislature and the sovereignty of the separate states . " * This interposition of the Virginia legislature so haunted Washington's mind that he felt himself more particularly im- pelled to address with freedom men of ...
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... authority , and sought a way to remedy the defect . A report by Madison , from a committee , was com- pleted on the twelfth and read in congress on the sixteenth of March ; and this was its reasoning : " The articles of confeder- ation ...
... authority , and sought a way to remedy the defect . A report by Madison , from a committee , was com- pleted on the twelfth and read in congress on the sixteenth of March ; and this was its reasoning : " The articles of confeder- ation ...
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Página 485 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee 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...
Página 485 - 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 372 - 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 108 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Página 477 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Página 482 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 286 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor.
Página 470 - Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as .deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 475 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Página 478 - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.