History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution: With Liberty Documents and Report of the Commission |
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... tion of the government under it . This is as it should be . The Constitution stands as the foundation on which later generations have built the present structure of our govern- The forth - coming volume , therefore , should be valuable ...
... tion of the government under it . This is as it should be . The Constitution stands as the foundation on which later generations have built the present structure of our govern- The forth - coming volume , therefore , should be valuable ...
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... tion and noncomsumption agreement - the boycott . The carrying out of this remained with the people of the colonies , the coercive power was there ; but the direction was at least given by a united action . Before the Congress adjourned ...
... tion and noncomsumption agreement - the boycott . The carrying out of this remained with the people of the colonies , the coercive power was there ; but the direction was at least given by a united action . Before the Congress adjourned ...
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... tion and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such altera- tions and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of ...
... tion and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such altera- tions and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of ...
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... tion and the means by which they could be solved , enabled him to become the principal architect of the Constitution . Franklin was the seer of the convention . His great age and infirmities forbade very active participation , and he ...
... tion and the means by which they could be solved , enabled him to become the principal architect of the Constitution . Franklin was the seer of the convention . His great age and infirmities forbade very active participation , and he ...
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... tion of its slave population . A part of the compromise was , there- fore , that three - fifths of the slaves should be counted as inhabitants . A similar proposal as a basis of requisitions upon the states had been before the ...
... tion of its slave population . A part of the compromise was , there- fore , that three - fifths of the slaves should be counted as inhabitants . A similar proposal as a basis of requisitions upon the states had been before the ...
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Page 82 - If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Page 539 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 547 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 577 - THERE is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 542 - ... felony, or other high misdemeanor in any state, shall flee from Justice, and be found in any of the united states, he shall upon demand of the Governor or executive power, of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offence. 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.
Page 19 - 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...
Page 570 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 547 - ... of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be...
Page 80 - SECTION 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have...
Page 577 - From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.