Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to April 25, 1787Langtree & O'Sullivan, 1840 - 1624 sider |
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Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to ... James Madison,Henry Dilworth Gilpin Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to ... James Madison,Henry Dilworth Gilpin Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to ... James Madison,Henry Dilworth Gilpin Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Adjourned admitted agreed amendment appointment Articles of Confederation authority Britain British chusetts citizens clause Committee Confederacy Congress Connecticut considered Constitution Convention danger Delaware Delegates divided Doctor JOHNSON EDMUND RANDOLPH election ELLSWORTH equal vote equality of votes ernment established Executive favor federacy Federal foreign gentleman Georgia GERRY give GOUVERNEUR MORRIS House idea individuals inhabitants interest Jersey Judiciary KING lative latter lature laws Legis legislative liberty MADISON MADISON observed majority Maryland MASON Massachusetts ment mode moved National Government National Legislature necessary negative North object observed opinion opposed PATTERSON Pennsylvania PINCKNEY postponed principle proper proportion proportional representation proposed proposition question render Report representation representatives Resolution Resolved Rhode Island rule RUTLEDGE second branch seconded the motion Senate SHERMAN South Carolina Spain suffrage supposed sylvania thought tion tive treaty Union United Virginia whole WILSON wished York
Populære avsnitt
Side 985 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Side 842 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens, and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes, in each State.
Side 1109 - 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...
Side 761 - The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
Side 747 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Side 1226 - We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity : — ARTICLE I.
Side 1236 - ... .or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to congress, and lodged among the acts of congress for the security of the parties concerned : 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...
Side 794 - 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.
Side 1014 - The large states dare not dissolve the Confederation. If they do, the small ones will find some foreign ally of more honor and good faith who will take them by the hand and do them justice.
Side 728 - That no copy be taken of any entry on the journal during the sitting of the House without leave of the House. That members only be permitted to inspect the journal. That nothing spoken in the House be printed, or otherwise published or communicated without leave.