The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and ResolutionsJ.W. Randolph, 1850 - 264 sider |
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... thereof , and the President was besides , authorized to accept the services of an indefinite number of volun- A navy was also begun on a liberal scale . To meet the expense of these measures , besides duties on imports , and a loan of ...
... thereof , and the President was besides , authorized to accept the services of an indefinite number of volun- A navy was also begun on a liberal scale . To meet the expense of these measures , besides duties on imports , and a loan of ...
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... thereof , 178 to 237 . VI . Instructions to Virginia senators of January , 1800 , and votes thereon , 238 to 248 . VII . Appendix : containing 1. A letter from Mr. Madison to Mr. Everett , touching the con- struction of the first ...
... thereof , 178 to 237 . VI . Instructions to Virginia senators of January , 1800 , and votes thereon , 238 to 248 . VII . Appendix : containing 1. A letter from Mr. Madison to Mr. Everett , touching the con- struction of the first ...
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... thereof , to depart out of the territory of the United States within such time as shall be expressed in such order ; which order shall be served on such alien , by delivering him a copy thereof , or leaving the same at his usual abode ...
... thereof , to depart out of the territory of the United States within such time as shall be expressed in such order ; which order shall be served on such alien , by delivering him a copy thereof , or leaving the same at his usual abode ...
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... thereof , and on failure , every such master and commander shall forfeit and pay three hundred dollars , for the payment whereof , on default of such master or commander , such vessel shall also be holden , and may by such collector or ...
... thereof , and on failure , every such master and commander shall forfeit and pay three hundred dollars , for the payment whereof , on default of such master or commander , such vessel shall also be holden , and may by such collector or ...
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... thereof , shall be punished by a fine not exceed- ing five thousand dollars , and by imprisonment during a term of not less than six months , nor exceeding five years ; and further , at the discre- tion of the court , may be holden to ...
... thereof , shall be punished by a fine not exceed- ing five thousand dollars , and by imprisonment during a term of not less than six months , nor exceeding five years ; and further , at the discre- tion of the court , may be holden to ...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ... Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ... Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
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Side 162 - That to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party: That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Side 138 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
Side 197 - ... (which, having been copied from the very limited grant of powers in the former Articles of Confederation, were the less liable to be misconstrued) so as to destroy the meaning and effect of the particular enumeration which necessarily explains and limits the general phrases, and so as to consolidate the states, by degrees, into one sovereignty, the obvious tendency and inevitable result of which would be, to transform the present republican system of the United States into an absolute, or, at...
Side 228 - 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...
Side 45 - Constitution for those purposes; and that among other essential rights the liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained or modified by any authority of the United States.
Side 91 - Constitution which declares that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Side 75 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Side 190 - That this Assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States, to maintain which it pledges all its powers; and that for this end, it is their duty to watch over and oppose every infraction of those principles which constitute the only basis of that Union, because a faithful observance of them, can alone secure its existence and the public happiness.
Side 31 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Side 22 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...