Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787A. Mygatt, 1838 - 335 pages |
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... inhabitants of every age , sex , and condition , including those bound to servitude for a term of years , and three - fifths of all other per- sons not comprehended in the foregoing description , except Indians not paying taxes , in ...
... inhabitants of every age , sex , and condition , including those bound to servitude for a term of years , and three - fifths of all other per- sons not comprehended in the foregoing description , except Indians not paying taxes , in ...
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... inhabitants as another , or was sixteen times as wealthy , it ought to have sixteen times as many votes ; that an inhabitant of Pennsyl- vania ought to have as much weight and consequence as an inhabitant of Jersey or Delaware ; that it ...
... inhabitants as another , or was sixteen times as wealthy , it ought to have sixteen times as many votes ; that an inhabitant of Pennsyl- vania ought to have as much weight and consequence as an inhabitant of Jersey or Delaware ; that it ...
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... inhabitants . That , when a number of States unite themselves under a federal government , the same principles apply to them , as when a number of individual men unite themselves under a State gov- ernment . That every argument which ...
... inhabitants . That , when a number of States unite themselves under a federal government , the same principles apply to them , as when a number of individual men unite themselves under a State gov- ernment . That every argument which ...
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... inhabitants , whose rights are secured , and who share its advantages . It was urged , that , upon these principles , the Penn- sylvanian , or inhabitant of a large much consequence as the inhabitant ware , Maryland , or any other State ...
... inhabitants , whose rights are secured , and who share its advantages . It was urged , that , upon these principles , the Penn- sylvanian , or inhabitant of a large much consequence as the inhabitant ware , Maryland , or any other State ...
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... inhabitants of those other States , then was he equally important , and of equal consequence . Suppose a confederation of States had never been adopted , but every State had remained absolutely in its independent situation , no person ...
... inhabitants of those other States , then was he equally important , and of equal consequence . Suppose a confederation of States had never been adopted , but every State had remained absolutely in its independent situation , no person ...
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