 | 1802 - 344 sider
...articles of confederation, andreport" ing to congress and the several legislatures, such altera" tions and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in...constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government, and " the preservation of the union," From these two acts, it appears, 1st, that the object of the convention,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 sider
...monday in May next, a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This recommendation removed all objections to the regularity of the... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 422 sider
...Monday of May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union.*' § 17. Agreeably to this resolution, deputies from all the states... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1817 - 522 sider
...Monday in May, 1787, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the Union." This resolution was submitted to the state legislatures and by them... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 sider
...May next, a convention of delegates, " who shall have been appointed by the several states, beheld at " Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...*' render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of u government, and the preservation of the union.'' From these two acts, it appears, 1st,... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 sider
...may be appointed, on the part of the other states, respectively, on the second Monday in May next, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress,... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 474 sider
...next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states for the express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." •4 This resolvs of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 472 sider
...next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states for the express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." This resolve of Congress opened the way for Gen. Washington to give... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - 1821 - 328 sider
...held at Philadelphia, for the " sole and express purpose of revising the articles of con" federation, and reporting to congress and the several " legislatures,...constitution adequate to " the exigencies of government, and the preservation of " the union." The day appointed by this resolution for the meeting of the convention... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 sider
...to be "for the sole and exprera purpose of revising the articles of confederation," >nd reporting " such alterations and provisions therein, as shall,...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the «ijencies of Government, and the preservation of the Union." What Union'. That which had been formed,... | |
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Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting... 
