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Parole e frasi comuniadopted agreed amendments America answer appointment argument Bas1s of Representat1on basis bicameral cents 25 cents chief clause committee compromise Confederation Congress Const1tut1on Constitutional Convention Constitutional Papers Convent1on Convention of 1787 danger Debates Decision Dickinson direct taxes discussion Edmund Randolph Elbridge Gerry Electoral College electors Elliot Ellsworth equal vote equality of votes ernment Execut1ve Executive Explain export tax favor Federal Constitution Federal Convention Federalist FORESMAN Franklin Gerry Gerry's Gorham Gouverneur Morris Hamilton House Ibid impeachment important Judiciary June legislative Legislature LESSON Letters Madison's Journal Martin Mason mode of election money bills Morris National Government negative Note Paterson Paul Leicester Ford Pinckney plan Pinckney's motion political popular election President principles proportional representation provision question R. B. Anderson Randolph ratification re-eligibility reasons referred republican rule of suffrage Senate Sherman slave trade speech suggestion syllabus tion treaties Union United veto Virginia Plan propose Williamson Brani popolariPagina 33 - 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. Pagina 33 - Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "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. Pagina 38 - If we therefore take his ideas on this point as the criterion of truth, we shall be driven to the alternative either of taking refuge at once in the arms of monarchy, or of splitting ourselves into an infinity of little, jealous, clashing, tumultuous commonwealths, the wretched nurseries of unceasing discord, and the miserable objects of universal pity or contempt. Pagina 38 - Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. Pagina 39 - The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation, it is federal, not national; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of... Pagina vi - But, whatever may be the judgment pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared by them, I feel it a duty to express my profound and solemn conviction, derived from my intimate opportunity of observing and appreciating the views of the Convention, collectively and individually, that... Pagina 39 - In its foundation it is federal, not national ; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal and partly national ; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal ; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national ; and, finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments, it is neither wholly federal nor wholly national. Pagina 32 - Whilst the last members were signing, Doctor Franklin, looking towards the President's chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be painted, observed to a few members near him that painters had found it difficult to distinguish in their art a rising from a setting sun. I have, said he, often and often, in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting;... Pagina 39 - In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects. Pagina 32 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun. Informazioni bibliografiche
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