Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia: In the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From Notes Taken by the Late Robert Yates, Esquire, Chief Justice of New York, and Copied by John Lansing, Jun., Esquire, Late Chancellor of that State, Members of that Convention. Including "The Genuine Information," Laid Before the Legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin, Esquire, Then Attorney-General of that State, and Member of the Same Convention. Also, Other Historical Documents, Relative to the Federal Compact of the North American UnionA. Mygatt, 1838 - 335 pages |
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... weight and importance , must she not become indifferent to the concerns of the Union ? And where , in such a situation , will be found national attachment to the general government ? By " force , " I mean the coercion of law and the ...
... weight and importance , must she not become indifferent to the concerns of the Union ? And where , in such a situation , will be found national attachment to the general government ? By " force , " I mean the coercion of law and the ...
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... weight in the argument adduced in favor of the motion on which we are divided ; but candor obliges me to own , that equality of suffrage in the States is wrong . Prejudices will prevail , and they have an equal weight in the larger as ...
... weight in the argument adduced in favor of the motion on which we are divided ; but candor obliges me to own , that equality of suffrage in the States is wrong . Prejudices will prevail , and they have an equal weight in the larger as ...
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... weight . It is confessed , on all hands , that the second branch ought to be a check on the first ; for without its having this effect it is . per- fectly useless . The first branch , originating from the people , will ever be subject ...
... weight . It is confessed , on all hands , that the second branch ought to be a check on the first ; for without its having this effect it is . per- fectly useless . The first branch , originating from the people , will ever be subject ...
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The Genuine Information delivered to the Legislature | 3 |
SECRET DEBATES | 99 |
Resolutions offered by Mr Edmund Randolph to | 226 |
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