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... Ratification of the Constitution • 234 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . History of 235 · Character of the Amendments · 236 Freedom of Religion · • 236 Freedom of Speech and of the Press Right of Petition Right of the People to keep and ...
... Ratification of the Constitution • 234 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . History of 235 · Character of the Amendments · 236 Freedom of Religion · • 236 Freedom of Speech and of the Press Right of Petition Right of the People to keep and ...
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... ratified by the legislatures of three - fourths of the several states , or by conventions in three - fourths thereof , as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress : provided that no amendment which may ...
... ratified by the legislatures of three - fourths of the several states , or by conventions in three - fourths thereof , as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress : provided that no amendment which may ...
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... ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same . AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . ARTICLE I. Congress shall make 30 CONSTITUTION OF ...
... ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same . AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . ARTICLE I. Congress shall make 30 CONSTITUTION OF ...
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... ratification of the Articles of Confederation on the 1st of March , 1781 , the powers of a supreme , controlling national council . They declared the colonies free and independent states , raised armies , made treaties , and performed ...
... ratification of the Articles of Confederation on the 1st of March , 1781 , the powers of a supreme , controlling national council . They declared the colonies free and independent states , raised armies , made treaties , and performed ...
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... ratification . 8. The state legislatures , at successive dates , authorized their delegates in Congress to ratify them ; but the ratifications were not completed until the 1st of March , 1781. Congress assembled under their authority on ...
... ratification . 8. The state legislatures , at successive dates , authorized their delegates in Congress to ratify them ; but the ratifications were not completed until the 1st of March , 1781. Congress assembled under their authority on ...
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Page 27 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 270 - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 271 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend...
Page 264 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Page 46 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 269 - ... the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained and by exciting jealousy, illwill, and a disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld...
Page 250 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite. ART. XI. Canada...
Page 17 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 132 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 265 - It serves always to distract the public councils, and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another ; foments, occasionally, riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the Government itself, through the channels of party passions.