Secession and Constitutional Liberty: In which is Shown the Right of a Nation to Secede from a Compact of Federation and that Such Right is Necessary to Constitutional Liberty and a Surety of Union, Том 1Neale publishing Company, 1920 |
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... admitted ; that they assembled by different representations ; that they voted , acted , and signed the declaration by their separate delegates , is apparent on the journals of congress , and the face of the paper . The mem- bers who ...
... admitted ; that they assembled by different representations ; that they voted , acted , and signed the declaration by their separate delegates , is apparent on the journals of congress , and the face of the paper . The mem- bers who ...
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... admitted fact , that the first rule adopted by the congress of 1774 , was , ' Resolved , That , in determining questions in this congress , each colony or province shall have one vote . ' I Journ . 11. So it continued till the con ...
... admitted fact , that the first rule adopted by the congress of 1774 , was , ' Resolved , That , in determining questions in this congress , each colony or province shall have one vote . ' I Journ . 11. So it continued till the con ...
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... admitted ; the free and independent states , who had eleven years before renounced their allegiance to the crown , and abolished their old constitu- tion , would have adopted a new one which left them less free in legislation , than ...
... admitted ; the free and independent states , who had eleven years before renounced their allegiance to the crown , and abolished their old constitu- tion , would have adopted a new one which left them less free in legislation , than ...
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... admitted by all ; as also , that no general convention of the whole people was ever convened for any purpose ; and that the members of the convention which framed it , met , and acted as states , consented to , and signed it for and in ...
... admitted by all ; as also , that no general convention of the whole people was ever convened for any purpose ; and that the members of the convention which framed it , met , and acted as states , consented to , and signed it for and in ...
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... admitted ; as also that they had the com- petent power to do it . The only question which is open is , whether this power was in the people of the separate states , as separate bodies politic , or in the whole people of the United ...
... admitted ; as also that they had the com- petent power to do it . The only question which is open is , whether this power was in the people of the separate states , as separate bodies politic , or in the whole people of the United ...
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Страница 319 - Mr. SHERMAN was for leaving the clause as it stands. He disapproved of the slave trade ; yet as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government, he thought it best to leave the matter as we find it.
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Страница 397 - Judiciary, ought to compose a council of revision with authority to examine every act of the National Legislature before it shall operate, & every act of a particular Legislature before a Negative thereon shall be final; and that the dissent of the said Council shall amount to a rejection, unless the Act of the National Legislature be again passed, or that of a particular Legislature be again negatived by of the members of each branch.