Seven ConventionsD. Appleton, 1888 - 174 страници |
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... important functions of govern- ment affecting the colonies , he may have confounded gov- ernment with sovereignty , as more acute minds have before and since , honestly or dishonestly . The colonists , however , were familiar with the ...
... important functions of govern- ment affecting the colonies , he may have confounded gov- ernment with sovereignty , as more acute minds have before and since , honestly or dishonestly . The colonists , however , were familiar with the ...
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... importance of this point , it was not only necessary for those who in argument defended the excellence of the English Constitution to in- sist on this privilege of granting money as a dry point of fact , and to prove that the right had ...
... importance of this point , it was not only necessary for those who in argument defended the excellence of the English Constitution to in- sist on this privilege of granting money as a dry point of fact , and to prove that the right had ...
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... importance . Foreign in- fluence upon the Executive and the Legislature was an object of dread at that period . With our experience , it now seems to have been an apprehension almost silly . That foreign influence has affected the ...
... importance . Foreign in- fluence upon the Executive and the Legislature was an object of dread at that period . With our experience , it now seems to have been an apprehension almost silly . That foreign influence has affected the ...
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... , another line of action might be proper , and the geographical position and relative importance of probable ratifying and non - ratifying States must be an element of consideration and judgment ; THE CONVENTION OF MASSACHUSETTS . 51.
... , another line of action might be proper , and the geographical position and relative importance of probable ratifying and non - ratifying States must be an element of consideration and judgment ; THE CONVENTION OF MASSACHUSETTS . 51.
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... importance . It is marked by moderation in tone , calmness even in perti- nacity , and respect for opposition . The first question mooted was the biennial representation to the House . Habit has great power . The delegates to the ...
... importance . It is marked by moderation in tone , calmness even in perti- nacity , and respect for opposition . The first question mooted was the biennial representation to the House . Habit has great power . The delegates to the ...
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Страница 50 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better constitution : for when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Страница 31 - 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...
Страница 17 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Страница 158 - That the government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Страница 16 - They went much further : they attempted to prove, and they succeeded, that in theory it ought to be so from the particular nature of a House of Commons, as an immediate representative of the people, whether the old records had delivered this oracle or not. They took infinite pains to inculcate as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must, in effect, themselves, mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist.
Страница 33 - Resolved, that the amendments which shall be offered to the Confederation, by the Convention, ought, at a proper time or times, after the approbation of Congress, to be submitted to an assembly or assemblies of representatives, recommended by the several Legislatures, to be expressly chosen by the people to consider and decide thereon.
Страница 102 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Страница 50 - I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and I believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Страница 32 - Resolved, that provision ought to be made for the admission of states lawfully arising within the limits of the United States, whether from a voluntary junction of government and territory, or otherwise, with the consent of a number of voices in the national legislature less than the whole.