A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Session of the Conference Convention, for Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesD. Appleton, 1864 - 626 pages |
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... Constitutional Convention of 1787 ; and while my notes lack the beauty and felicity which characterize his , I trust they are not less full and accurate . I submit them to the country as the best contribution which I can make to its ...
... Constitutional Convention of 1787 ; and while my notes lack the beauty and felicity which characterize his , I trust they are not less full and accurate . I submit them to the country as the best contribution which I can make to its ...
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... constitutional character . I can bear witness not only to his ability , but to his personal integrity , and his purity of political action through our term of service in the House of Representatives . I have seldom , met him since we ...
... constitutional character . I can bear witness not only to his ability , but to his personal integrity , and his purity of political action through our term of service in the House of Representatives . I have seldom , met him since we ...
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... Constitution was originally formed , and consistently with its principles , so as to afford to the people of all the ... constitutional amendments to be proposed by Congress on its own responsibility to the States . A portion of the ...
... Constitution was originally formed , and consistently with its principles , so as to afford to the people of all the ... constitutional amendments to be proposed by Congress on its own responsibility to the States . A portion of the ...
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... Constitution for proposing amend- ments thereto . The undersigned , for the reasons set forth in the accompanying resolution , and others which have been herein indicated , is of opinion that the mode of adjustment by a General ...
... Constitution for proposing amend- ments thereto . The undersigned , for the reasons set forth in the accompanying resolution , and others which have been herein indicated , is of opinion that the mode of adjustment by a General ...
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... constitutional majority of two - thirds , be re- commended to the respective States of the Union , to be , when ratified by Conventions of three - fourths of the States , valid and operative as amend- ments of the Constitution of the ...
... constitutional majority of two - thirds , be re- commended to the respective States of the Union , to be , when ratified by Conventions of three - fourths of the States , valid and operative as amend- ments of the Constitution of the ...
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Page 231 - 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 61 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the...
Page 69 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 236 - State government; provided the Constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 67 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop ; but a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the...
Page 420 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 68 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 624 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 222 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 227 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...