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... whole of the American Revolution to be fought under a gentlemen's agreement , and one that was by no means favorable to efficient operation , either civil or military . The correspondence of Washington , the commander - in - chief ...
... whole of the American Revolution to be fought under a gentlemen's agreement , and one that was by no means favorable to efficient operation , either civil or military . The correspondence of Washington , the commander - in - chief ...
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... the final draft ; thirty - eight signing , with the added signature of an absent deputy . Rhode Island , where localistic radicals were in control , ignored the whole proceeding . Who were the fifty - five men who , in.
... the final draft ; thirty - eight signing , with the added signature of an absent deputy . Rhode Island , where localistic radicals were in control , ignored the whole proceeding . Who were the fifty - five men who , in.
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... whole and in the private conferences which were such an important underpinning of the formal structure as it arose , he was in constant consultation with his colleagues . Also , as the character of the plan developed , there was a ...
... whole and in the private conferences which were such an important underpinning of the formal structure as it arose , he was in constant consultation with his colleagues . Also , as the character of the plan developed , there was a ...
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... whole until 1840. Thus he doubled the debt the nation owes him for his work in the formation of the national government , and later he added still further to the obligation by his energetic participation in the ratification contest and ...
... whole until 1840. Thus he doubled the debt the nation owes him for his work in the formation of the national government , and later he added still further to the obligation by his energetic participation in the ratification contest and ...
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... whole upon the Virginia plan . To enforce the idea of this plan three resolutions , urged by Gouverneur Morris , were introduced , declaring that a federal ( that is , confederate ) union of individual sovereigns was not sufficient ...
... whole upon the Virginia plan . To enforce the idea of this plan three resolutions , urged by Gouverneur Morris , were introduced , declaring that a federal ( that is , confederate ) union of individual sovereigns was not sufficient ...
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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.