History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution: With Liberty Documents and Report of the CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - 885 strani |
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... direct predecessor of the Constitution brought no trans- formation of the government ; it merely placed on a legal foundation a structure that needed rebuilding throughout . The main , and fatal , character of the government under the ...
... direct predecessor of the Constitution brought no trans- formation of the government ; it merely placed on a legal foundation a structure that needed rebuilding throughout . The main , and fatal , character of the government under the ...
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... direct results , and the economic interests of the former commander - in - chief were factors in the situation . He was concerned with the improvement of the navigation of the Potomac River and was instrumental in inducing a joint ...
... direct results , and the economic interests of the former commander - in - chief were factors in the situation . He was concerned with the improvement of the navigation of the Potomac River and was instrumental in inducing a joint ...
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... direct action on the people , and the great " law of the land " principle was foreshadowed . This was far more than a mere amendment of the Articles of Confederation and entirely contrary to the instructions given the delegates from ...
... direct action on the people , and the great " law of the land " principle was foreshadowed . This was far more than a mere amendment of the Articles of Confederation and entirely contrary to the instructions given the delegates from ...
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... direct taxes , which under the new government would take the place of the old requisitions , were given the same basis of levy upon the states . This compromise , together with the election of the Senate by the state legislatures , did ...
... direct taxes , which under the new government would take the place of the old requisitions , were given the same basis of levy upon the states . This compromise , together with the election of the Senate by the state legislatures , did ...
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... direct veto and military enforcement of obedience were objectionable . The plan introduced by Paterson on June 15 suggested the remedy , which was adopted unanimously on July 17. This made the laws and treaties of the national ...
... direct veto and military enforcement of obedience were objectionable . The plan introduced by Paterson on June 15 suggested the remedy , which was adopted unanimously on July 17. This made the laws and treaties of the national ...
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14th amend Adams adopted amendments American Antifederalists appointed April Articles of Confederation Assembly August ballot Bill of Rights Charles Charles Willson Peale chief justice citizens colonies commissioned committee Connecticut considered Constitutional Convention Continental Congress Convention of 1787 December Declaration of Independence Delaware delegates Department deputies district duties election electors established executive February federal Federalist foreign Georgia governor Hamilton Hampshire Henry honor House of Representatives Ibid Impeachment important James January Jefferson John judge judicial judiciary July June jurisdiction Knox later legislative legislature Lent letter liberty Maclay March Maryland Massachusetts ment Morris Mount Vernon North Carolina oath opinion Pennsylvania person Philadelphia portrait present presidential proposed question ratification convention resolution respect Rhode Island secretary Senate September September 17 session signer Sol Bloom Supreme Court thereof tion treaties Union United United States Senator Vice President Virginia vote William wrote York
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Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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.