Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People, Страници 94–830S. Shepherd & Company, 1890 - 919 страници |
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... means of excluding the entire class , to which your memorialists belong , from all participation in the recent election of the body , they now respectfully addre .. Comprising a very large part , probably a ma- jority of male citizens ...
... means of excluding the entire class , to which your memorialists belong , from all participation in the recent election of the body , they now respectfully addre .. Comprising a very large part , probably a ma- jority of male citizens ...
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... means solicitous that the motion he had made should be adopted : his only object had been to put business in such a train , that it might be taken up and acted upon whenever the House should wish to consider it . The reference of the ...
... means solicitous that the motion he had made should be adopted : his only object had been to put business in such a train , that it might be taken up and acted upon whenever the House should wish to consider it . The reference of the ...
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... means calculated to diminish these feelings . I do not affect not to have bestowed upon these resolutions the consideration which is due to their own intrinsic impor- tance ; due to the intelligence of the body which I now address ; due ...
... means calculated to diminish these feelings . I do not affect not to have bestowed upon these resolutions the consideration which is due to their own intrinsic impor- tance ; due to the intelligence of the body which I now address ; due ...
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... mean not as it regards representation , but as between the voters themselves . Are all to be units ? all of alike value ... means of guarding property is to place the power of Government in the hands of those who possess most property ...
... mean not as it regards representation , but as between the voters themselves . Are all to be units ? all of alike value ... means of guarding property is to place the power of Government in the hands of those who possess most property ...
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... mean by their favourite phrase , " mere ab- stract principles ? " If I rightly apprehend the import of the term " abstract , " when applied , in a disparaging sense , to any general principle , it means that the principle , though true ...
... mean by their favourite phrase , " mere ab- stract principles ? " If I rightly apprehend the import of the term " abstract , " when applied , in a disparaging sense , to any general principle , it means that the principle , though true ...
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