The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and ResolutionsJ.W. Randolph, 1850 - 264 страница |
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... trial of the cause , to give in evidence in his defence , the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel . And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact , under the ...
... trial of the cause , to give in evidence in his defence , the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel . And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact , under the ...
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... trial by jury ? That if once we were to permit executive power to overleap its limits , where was it to stop ? And , if the executive ' branch exercised powers not bestowed , it overleaped the Constitution . He asked if we had arrived ...
... trial by jury ? That if once we were to permit executive power to overleap its limits , where was it to stop ? And , if the executive ' branch exercised powers not bestowed , it overleaped the Constitution . He asked if we had arrived ...
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... trial . If an alien possessed those rights , he asked , could he avail himself of them under the present law ? Could a citizen , under the sedition law , ex- ercise the freedom of speech , or of religion , which last , a few days before ...
... trial . If an alien possessed those rights , he asked , could he avail himself of them under the present law ? Could a citizen , under the sedition law , ex- ercise the freedom of speech , or of religion , which last , a few days before ...
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... trial by jury . He said that aliens were not a party to the compact , but citizens only . The Constitution secured rights to citizens , and declared that they should not be deprived of them , but by trial by jury . But , aliens not ...
... trial by jury . He said that aliens were not a party to the compact , but citizens only . The Constitution secured rights to citizens , and declared that they should not be deprived of them , but by trial by jury . But , aliens not ...
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... trial by jury ; but that was right , because society was bound to protect as well as vindicate its citizens ; and before a trial of the fact could be had , the person apprehending danger might be murdered . He again cited Mr ...
... trial by jury ; but that was right , because society was bound to protect as well as vindicate its citizens ; and before a trial of the fact could be had , the person apprehending danger might be murdered . He again cited Mr ...
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Страница 138 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
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Страница 45 - Constitution for those purposes; and that among other essential rights the liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained or modified by any authority of the United States.
Страница 91 - Constitution which declares that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Страница 75 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Страница 190 - That this Assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States, to maintain which it pledges all its powers; and that for this end, it is their duty to watch over and oppose every infraction of those principles which constitute the only basis of that Union, because a faithful observance of them, can alone secure its existence and the public happiness.
Страница 31 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Страница 22 - 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,...