History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, with Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 2Harper, 1863 |
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... established their own sovereignty , some declaration of the nature of that sovereignty , and some prescribed rules for its exer- cise , became immediately necessary , and that declara- tion and those rules became at once a limitation of ...
... established their own sovereignty , some declaration of the nature of that sovereignty , and some prescribed rules for its exer- cise , became immediately necessary , and that declara- tion and those rules became at once a limitation of ...
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... established , whether the States were to be represented according to the numbers of their ― inhabitants , or according to their wealth , this part CH . I. ] 19 EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY . Presence of Slavery in the States • 19,
... established , whether the States were to be represented according to the numbers of their ― inhabitants , or according to their wealth , this part CH . I. ] 19 EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY . Presence of Slavery in the States • 19,
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... established , they reserved their free- dom , sovereignty , and independence , and every jurisdiction , power , and right not expressly dele- gated to the United States . By the provisions of the federal compact , these separate and ...
... established , they reserved their free- dom , sovereignty , and independence , and every jurisdiction , power , and right not expressly dele- gated to the United States . By the provisions of the federal compact , these separate and ...
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... established writ- ten constitutions . But the people of the States , and not their governments , held the supreme , absolute , " and uncontrollable power . They had created , and 28 FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION . [ Book IV . Reserved ...
... established writ- ten constitutions . But the people of the States , and not their governments , held the supreme , absolute , " and uncontrollable power . They had created , and 28 FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION . [ Book IV . Reserved ...
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... establish anything . It was a representa- tive body , clothed with authority to agree upon a system of government to be recommended to the adoption of their constituents . The constituents were twelve of the thirteen States of the ...
... establish anything . It was a representa- tive body , clothed with authority to agree upon a system of government to be recommended to the adoption of their constituents . The constituents were twelve of the thirteen States of the ...
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