The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws: Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and Several Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and ResolutionsThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 26. 9. 2018. - 264 страница A collection of important writings that had a profound effect on the debates that led to the Civil War. The Virginia Resolutions were written by James Madison [1751-1836] and adopted by the Virginia legislature in 1798, the Kentucky Resolutions were written by Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] and adopted by the Kentucky legislature in 1798. Both opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts and initiated a debate about the respective powers of the federal government and states. This edition collects these three works, and adds the texts of the Alien and Sedition acts, comments from other states and relevant extracts from Madison's letters. [vii]-xvi, [17]-264 pp.
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... States , or either House of Congress , or the President , with intent to defame ... nations . 2. Grade of offence : A misdemeanour . 3. Punishment : Fine not ... law of the United States , or to intimidate or prevent any person hold- ing ...
... States , or either House of Congress , or the President , with intent to defame ... nations . 2. Grade of offence : A misdemeanour . 3. Punishment : Fine not ... law of the United States , or to intimidate or prevent any person hold- ing ...
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... States , or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combina- tions therein , for opposing or resisting any law of the United States , or any act of the President of the United States , done in pursuance ...
... States , or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combina- tions therein , for opposing or resisting any law of the United States , or any act of the President of the United States , done in pursuance ...
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... law passed by Congress , as well as a law of Virginia , upon that subject , were made in favour of aliens . They were necessary , and found to be the usage of all nations . A contrary usage would be cruel and inhuman . Such laws as ...
... law passed by Congress , as well as a law of Virginia , upon that subject , were made in favour of aliens . They were necessary , and found to be the usage of all nations . A contrary usage would be cruel and inhuman . Such laws as ...
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... law prohibited the only mode of obtaining it , by punishing that very matter of exciting discontent . He asked what was despotism ? He defined it to be , a concentration of powers in one man , or in u body of men . The manner of ...
... law prohibited the only mode of obtaining it , by punishing that very matter of exciting discontent . He asked what was despotism ? He defined it to be , a concentration of powers in one man , or in u body of men . The manner of ...
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... law . These laws , he said , had been passed by both houses of Congress . One of those houses was formed of the immediate representatives of the whole American people , the other of members chosen by the state legislatures . These two ...
... law . These laws , he said , had been passed by both houses of Congress . One of those houses was formed of the immediate representatives of the whole American people , the other of members chosen by the state legislatures . These two ...
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