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... suggested . Maryland unconditionally ratifies . New Hampshire convention defers decision . South Carolina legislature severely criticises the Constitution . Fight in the convention , ratification majority of two to one . New Hamp- shire ...
... suggested . Maryland unconditionally ratifies . New Hampshire convention defers decision . South Carolina legislature severely criticises the Constitution . Fight in the convention , ratification majority of two to one . New Hamp- shire ...
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... suggest . The people of the city and State took no steps to protect the persons and dignity of Congress ; and as ... suggested the proper remedies . " It is clear to me as A , B , C , " he said , " that an extension of federal powers ...
... suggest . The people of the city and State took no steps to protect the persons and dignity of Congress ; and as ... suggested the proper remedies . " It is clear to me as A , B , C , " he said , " that an extension of federal powers ...
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... suggest their unanimous conviction , that it may effectually tend to advance the interests of the union , if the states by which they have been respectively delegated would concur themselves , and use their endeavors to procure the con ...
... suggest their unanimous conviction , that it may effectually tend to advance the interests of the union , if the states by which they have been respectively delegated would concur themselves , and use their endeavors to procure the con ...
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... suggested the decimal notation which was later made the basis of our coinage . He was then sent by Pennsylvania as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention , and his im- pressive eloquence is prominent on almost every page of the ...
... suggested the decimal notation which was later made the basis of our coinage . He was then sent by Pennsylvania as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention , and his im- pressive eloquence is prominent on almost every page of the ...
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... suggested that they apply to " the Father of lights " to illuminate their understandings . The scene was an impressive one . " I have lived , Sir , " he said , " a long time , and the longer I live , the more convincing proofs I see of ...
... suggested that they apply to " the Father of lights " to illuminate their understandings . The scene was an impressive one . " I have lived , Sir , " he said , " a long time , and the longer I live , the more convincing proofs I see of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 458 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Seite 460 - ... united states in congress assembled can be consulted nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states...
Seite 302 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 414 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Seite 483 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
Seite 202 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.
Seite 460 - Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Seite 473 - SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Seite 463 - ... provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour, affection or hope of reward :" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the united states.
Seite 153 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better 'information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.