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 49
... motion . It was then moved that each State should have one vote for every 30,000 , which was supported by Virginia alone . It was then proposed that the representation should be in proportion to the taxes paid by each colony , which was ...
... motion . It was then moved that each State should have one vote for every 30,000 , which was supported by Virginia alone . It was then proposed that the representation should be in proportion to the taxes paid by each colony , which was ...
Stran 51
... motion by Mr. WILSON , seconded by Mr. C. PINCKNEY , that the right of suffrage in this branch of the legislature , should be " in proportion to the whole number of , white and other free citizens and inhabitants , of every age , sex ...
... motion by Mr. WILSON , seconded by Mr. C. PINCKNEY , that the right of suffrage in this branch of the legislature , should be " in proportion to the whole number of , white and other free citizens and inhabitants , of every age , sex ...
Stran 52
... motion of Mr. G. Morris , was committed to a new committee , namely , Morris , Gorham , Randolph , Rutledge , and King . This committee reported , " that , in the first meeting of the legislature , the first branch thereof consist of ...
... motion of Mr. G. Morris , was committed to a new committee , namely , Morris , Gorham , Randolph , Rutledge , and King . This committee reported , " that , in the first meeting of the legislature , the first branch thereof consist of ...
Stran 56
... motion of Mr. ELLSWORTH , " three years stituted for " six years . " 99 was sub- Under the seventh census ( 1850 ) , the States are entitled to the following representation in the House of Repre- sentatives , namely : - Alabama , 7 ...
... motion of Mr. ELLSWORTH , " three years stituted for " six years . " 99 was sub- Under the seventh census ( 1850 ) , the States are entitled to the following representation in the House of Repre- sentatives , namely : - Alabama , 7 ...
Stran 59
... motion of Mr. DICKINSON , " Provided that each State shall have one representative at least , " added . was The clause in this form was referred to a special com- mittee , who reported , " That the first House consist of fifty - six ...
... motion of Mr. DICKINSON , " Provided that each State shall have one representative at least , " added . was The clause in this form was referred to a special com- mittee , who reported , " That the first House consist of fifty - six ...
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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.