History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America, Volumen2Appleton, 1884 - 495 páginas |
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... importance than a victory over all our enemies . We shall not fail of taking advantage of the favor- able temper of the ... important event " to the legislature of New York , adding : " This great national com- pact establishes our union ...
... importance than a victory over all our enemies . We shall not fail of taking advantage of the favor- able temper of the ... important event " to the legislature of New York , adding : " This great national com- pact establishes our union ...
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... importance of the subject , ex- pressed a wish for his judgment on it before it should undergo the final decision of congress . No direct reply from him is preserved , but Joseph Jones , who , after a visit to Richmond , * Washington to ...
... importance of the subject , ex- pressed a wish for his judgment on it before it should undergo the final decision of congress . No direct reply from him is preserved , but Joseph Jones , who , after a visit to Richmond , * Washington to ...
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... important questions by the agreement of two thirds of the United States . ” * It was further proposed to make a representation to the several states of the necessity for these supplemental powers , and of pursuing in their development ...
... important questions by the agreement of two thirds of the United States . ” * It was further proposed to make a representation to the several states of the necessity for these supplemental powers , and of pursuing in their development ...
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... importance to the fur - trade , and foreshadowed the policy of delaying their surrender . He not only censured the grant to the Americans of a right to fish on the coast of Nova Scotia , but spoke as if they derived from Great Britain ...
... importance to the fur - trade , and foreshadowed the policy of delaying their surrender . He not only censured the grant to the Americans of a right to fish on the coast of Nova Scotia , but spoke as if they derived from Great Britain ...
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... important object in view . The senior officer in rank present will preside and report the result of their delib- erations to the commander - in - chief . " Gates quailed , and the * Journal of Congress , iv . , 208 . Washington to ...
... important object in view . The senior officer in rank present will preside and report the result of their delib- erations to the commander - in - chief . " Gates quailed , and the * Journal of Congress , iv . , 208 . Washington to ...
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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.