The Story of the ConstitutionUnited States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937 - 192 pages Discusses the Constitution. It explores briefly the origins of our country, and the steps that led to the formation of the Constitution. |
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... direct predecessor of the Constitution brought no transformation of the government ; it merely placed on a legal foundation a structure that needed rebuilding throughout . The main , and fatal , character of the government under the ...
... direct predecessor of the Constitution brought no transformation of the government ; it merely placed on a legal foundation a structure that needed rebuilding throughout . The main , and fatal , character of the government under the ...
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... direct results , and the economic interests of the late commander - in - chief were involved in the matter . He was concerned with the im- provement of the navigation of the Potomac River and was instrumental in getting a joint Virginia ...
... direct results , and the economic interests of the late commander - in - chief were involved in the matter . He was concerned with the im- provement of the navigation of the Potomac River and was instrumental in getting a joint Virginia ...
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... coercive power over the State governments , while it guaranteed their continued existence . Since it made no provision for operation through the State governments , it contained the idea of direct 22 THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
... coercive power over the State governments , while it guaranteed their continued existence . Since it made no provision for operation through the State governments , it contained the idea of direct 22 THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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... direct action on the people , and the great " law of the land " principle was foreshadowed . This was far more than a mere amendment of the Articles of Confederation and entirely contrary to the instructions given the delegates from ...
... direct action on the people , and the great " law of the land " principle was foreshadowed . This was far more than a mere amendment of the Articles of Confederation and entirely contrary to the instructions given the delegates from ...
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... direct taxes , which under the new government would take the place of the old requisitions , were given the same basis of levy upon the States . This compromise , together with the election of the Senate by the State legislatures , did ...
... direct taxes , which under the new government would take the place of the old requisitions , were given the same basis of levy upon the States . This compromise , together with the election of the Senate by the State legislatures , did ...
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Page 131 - He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 139 - THERE is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 69 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 141 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Page 73 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. Section. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 22 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Page 85 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 139 - From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 127 - The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Page 102 - Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice may have devolved upon them...