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... Rolls , Washington , D. C. , I am indebted for the use of advance proof - sheets of the third volume of the Documentary History of the Constitution , published PREFACE . vii I by the Department , comprising Madison's.
... Rolls , Washington , D. C. , I am indebted for the use of advance proof - sheets of the third volume of the Documentary History of the Constitution , published PREFACE . vii I by the Department , comprising Madison's.
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... Madison , came from a family of the middle class in Virginia . He was related to the Randolphs by marriage , but the proud old families of the Dominion looked upon him as a leveler and an upstart , and never sympathized with his demo ...
... Madison , came from a family of the middle class in Virginia . He was related to the Randolphs by marriage , but the proud old families of the Dominion looked upon him as a leveler and an upstart , and never sympathized with his demo ...
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... Madison and Ham- ilton . It aided Jefferson to give form to the grand ideas of the Declaration as eleven years later it aided Madison , Morris , Ellsworth , Franklin and Wilson and their asso- ciates in making the Constitution of the ...
... Madison and Ham- ilton . It aided Jefferson to give form to the grand ideas of the Declaration as eleven years later it aided Madison , Morris , Ellsworth , Franklin and Wilson and their asso- ciates in making the Constitution of the ...
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... Madison , August 11 , 1785 ; Rives ' Madison , II , 31-32 . 268 THE RHODE ISLAND ACT . acted by some States Sovereign States.
... Madison , August 11 , 1785 ; Rives ' Madison , II , 31-32 . 268 THE RHODE ISLAND ACT . acted by some States Sovereign States.
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... Madison , at this time a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses , op- portunely urged it to grant to Congress the exclusive power over trade.1 Maryland expressed its willingness to join with Virginia in a peaceful control of the ...
... Madison , at this time a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses , op- portunely urged it to grant to Congress the exclusive power over trade.1 Maryland expressed its willingness to join with Virginia in a peaceful control of the ...
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Page 546 - And in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 583 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it would, with me, on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Page 582 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Page 301 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 143 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world ; and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Page 332 - Mr. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration, and those who acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding: that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they...
Page 314 - The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
Page 518 - The Third Amendment in its prohibition against the quartering of soldiers "in any house" in time of peace without the consent of the owner is another facet of that privacy. The Fourth Amendment explicitly affirms the "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Page 581 - I confess that there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Page 573 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.