A History and Analysis of the Constitution of the United States, with a Full Account of the Confederations which Preceded it ; of the Debates and Acts of the Convention which Formed it ; of the Judicial Decisions which Have Construed it ; with Papers and Tables Illustrative of the Action of the Government and the People Under itLittle, Brown & Company, 1861 - 444 strani |
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Stran 2
... whole Number of free Persons , in- cluding those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other Persons.4 48 The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first ...
... whole Number of free Persons , in- cluding those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other Persons.4 48 The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first ...
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... whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector ...
... whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector ...
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... whole number of Electors ap- pointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President , the House of Representatives shall choose ...
... whole number of Electors ap- pointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President , the House of Representatives shall choose ...
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... whole number of Electors appointed , and if no person have a majority , then from the two highest numbers on the list , the Senate shall choose the Vice - Presi- dent ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole ...
... whole number of Electors appointed , and if no person have a majority , then from the two highest numbers on the list , the Senate shall choose the Vice - Presi- dent ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole ...
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... whole , and became the basis of an earnest and pro- tracted debate . In order to bring the question of the powers and purposes of the convention to a direct issue , Mr. Randolph , on the suggestion of Mr. Gouverneur Morris , modified ...
... whole , and became the basis of an earnest and pro- tracted debate . In order to bring the question of the powers and purposes of the convention to a direct issue , Mr. Randolph , on the suggestion of Mr. Gouverneur Morris , modified ...
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Aaron Burr admitted adopted agreed amendment appointed Articles of Confederation authority bills chosen citizens clause colonies commerce commissioners committee of detail confederacy Congress assembled Connecticut Constitution Convention debts declare Delaware delegates duties Edmund Randolph election electors establish executive federal foreign Georgia GERRY grant gress Hampshire House of Representatives impeachment inhabitants James Jersey John judges Judicial Constructions judiciary jurisdiction Kentucky land legislative legislature letters of marque MADISON March Maryland Massachusetts ment MORRIS motion moved national legislature navy nays necessary North passed Pennsylvania person PINCKNEY PINCKNEY'S PLAN President proceedings proposed proposition RANDOLPH RANDOLPH'S PLAN ratified receive regulations reported Republic of Texas resolution Resolved respective Rhode Island RUTLEDGE salary second branch Secretary SECT SECTION Senate SHERMAN slaves South Carolina Supreme Court taxes territory thereof tion treason treasury treaties Union United vested vice-president Virginia vote whole number William WILLIAMSON WILSON Yeas York
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Stran 363 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Stran 204 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, 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.
Stran 137 - 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...
Stran 202 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Stran 159 - State or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Stran 247 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Stran 153 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Stran 209 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Stran 91 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Stran 368 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.