History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 2Harper and Bros., 1858 |
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... reasons why the process of framing the Constitution is so important as to demand a careful exhibition of the proceedings of those to whom this great undertak- ing was intrusted . The Convention had confessedly no power to enact or ...
... reasons why the process of framing the Constitution is so important as to demand a careful exhibition of the proceedings of those to whom this great undertak- ing was intrusted . The Convention had confessedly no power to enact or ...
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... reasons . In the first place , they said that in a national government the people must be represented ; and that in a repub- lican system the real constituent should act directly , and without any intermediate agency , in the appoint ...
... reasons . In the first place , they said that in a national government the people must be represented ; and that in a repub- lican system the real constituent should act directly , and without any intermediate agency , in the appoint ...
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... reason , there- fore , except the theoretical one that a slave can have no actual voice in government , and consequent- ly does not need to be represented , why a class of States containing nearly half of the whole population of the ...
... reason , there- fore , except the theoretical one that a slave can have no actual voice in government , and consequent- ly does not need to be represented , why a class of States containing nearly half of the whole population of the ...
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... reason . Upon this theory all the commissions of all the judges in the realm may be vacated without in- quiry into their fitness or unfitness . But if the true view of the subject is , that the King's commission , which runs quamdiu se ...
... reason . Upon this theory all the commissions of all the judges in the realm may be vacated without in- quiry into their fitness or unfitness . But if the true view of the subject is , that the King's commission , which runs quamdiu se ...
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... reason why it should not exist . They thought it , moreover , a contradiction in terms to say that the judges should hold their offices during good behavior , and yet be removable without a trial . But the radical objection was one that ...
... reason why it should not exist . They thought it , moreover , a contradiction in terms to say that the judges should hold their offices during good behavior , and yet be removable without a trial . But the radical objection was one that ...
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Page 615 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 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 chusing Senators.
Page 621 - The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury ; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
Page 620 - The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. Before he enter on the execution of his office he shall take the following oath or affirmation...
Page 619 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 451 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 85 - 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...
Page 614 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
Page 32 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Page 616 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 609 - Whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents...