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... convention to prepare for the inevitable conflict : " We must fight ! " said he ; " I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! " Virginia heeded the advice , and at once began to arm . General Gage attempted to seize some cannon at Salem , but ...
... convention to prepare for the inevitable conflict : " We must fight ! " said he ; " I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! " Virginia heeded the advice , and at once began to arm . General Gage attempted to seize some cannon at Salem , but ...
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... Convention at Philadelphia ( 1787 ) . - Meanwhile Virginia and Maryland had a dispute over the navigation of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac . The commis- sioners appointed to decide the controversy failed to agree . 214 [ 1786-1787 ...
... Convention at Philadelphia ( 1787 ) . - Meanwhile Virginia and Maryland had a dispute over the navigation of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac . The commis- sioners appointed to decide the controversy failed to agree . 214 [ 1786-1787 ...
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... Convention . The Consti- tutional Convention represented widely different ideas and interests : ( 1 ) A part of the delegates emphasized the necessity of national sovereignty . They urged that all the chief powers , including the ...
... Convention . The Consti- tutional Convention represented widely different ideas and interests : ( 1 ) A part of the delegates emphasized the necessity of national sovereignty . They urged that all the chief powers , including the ...
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... Convention . The conflict was finally settled by three great compromises : ( 1 ) It was agreed that the national Government should be invested with powers of the first importance . It was author- ized to regulate foreign commerce , levy ...
... Convention . The conflict was finally settled by three great compromises : ( 1 ) It was agreed that the national Government should be invested with powers of the first importance . It was author- ized to regulate foreign commerce , levy ...
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David Henry Montgomery. 247. The Convention adopts the new Constitution , and it is submitted to the States . When the great work was com- pleted and the last delegates were signing the Constitution , the white - haired Franklin rose ...
David Henry Montgomery. 247. The Convention adopts the new Constitution , and it is submitted to the States . When the great work was com- pleted and the last delegates were signing the Constitution , the white - haired Franklin rose ...
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Страница x - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Страница vi - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Страница 426 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Страница v - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Страница ix - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Страница vii - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Страница x - No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Страница 405 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Страница 402 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Страница 157 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!