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... sent of all of the states . To add a new article , was , on the prevailing theory , to modify the treaty , and we can- not modify a treaty without the consent of all the parties to it . When , therefore , Rhode Island refused to consent ...
... sent of all of the states . To add a new article , was , on the prevailing theory , to modify the treaty , and we can- not modify a treaty without the consent of all the parties to it . When , therefore , Rhode Island refused to consent ...
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... sent to the several states pro- posed that the convention should be held in Annapolis in September , 1786. It is doubtful whether anything would have come of the proposal , had not New York de- feated the scheme to give Congress the ...
... sent to the several states pro- posed that the convention should be held in Annapolis in September , 1786. It is doubtful whether anything would have come of the proposal , had not New York de- feated the scheme to give Congress the ...
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... sent no dele- gate , and even on the supposition that all the other states could be induced to adopt it , which was disregard the ar . Very unlikely , there was every reason to suppose that Rhode Island , pursuing the selfish narrow ...
... sent no dele- gate , and even on the supposition that all the other states could be induced to adopt it , which was disregard the ar . Very unlikely , there was every reason to suppose that Rhode Island , pursuing the selfish narrow ...
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... Sent to Philadelphia though they had been for " the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation , " they would have acted in an entirely legal way in disregarding their original instructions , be- cause , in the ...
... Sent to Philadelphia though they had been for " the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation , " they would have acted in an entirely legal way in disregarding their original instructions , be- cause , in the ...
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... disregard them ? 9. What constitutes a revolution ? 10. Was the Federal Convention a revolutionary body ? State your reasons for your answer . 11. Did they assume to be sent to Philadelphia by 34 HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES .
... disregard them ? 9. What constitutes a revolution ? 10. Was the Federal Convention a revolutionary body ? State your reasons for your answer . 11. Did they assume to be sent to Philadelphia by 34 HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES .
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Página 286 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 226 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another ; that it must pay with a portion of its independence, for whatever it may accept under that character...
Página 283 - 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,...
Página 375 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Página 143 - My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.
Página 107 - to lay taxes for the purpose of providing for the general welfare;" for the laying of taxes is the power, and the general welfare the purpose for which the power is to be exercised. Congress are not to lay taxes ad libitum, for any purpose they please; but only to pay the debts, or provide for the welfare, of the Union. In like manner, they are not to do anything they please, to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose.
Página 26 - appointment of commissioners to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose, to the United States in Congress assembled, as when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislature of every State, will effectually provide for the same.
Página 397 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 195 - By rejecting the posts, we light the savage fires, we bind the victims. This day we undertake to render account to the widows and orphans whom our decision will make, to the wretches that will be roasted at the stake, to our country, and I do not deem it too serious to say, to conscience and to God.
Página 375 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market...