The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws: Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and Several Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and ResolutionsThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 26 wrz 2018 - 264 A collection of important writings that had a profound effect on the debates that led to the Civil War. The Virginia Resolutions were written by James Madison [1751-1836] and adopted by the Virginia legislature in 1798, the Kentucky Resolutions were written by Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] and adopted by the Kentucky legislature in 1798. Both opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts and initiated a debate about the respective powers of the federal government and states. This edition collects these three works, and adds the texts of the Alien and Sedition acts, comments from other states and relevant extracts from Madison's letters. [vii]-xvi, [17]-264 pp.
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... Mercer arose and said , that he felt great difficulty in prevailing upon himself to take a part in the very interesting discussion which had arisen , and would probably be continued , upon the resolutions submitted to the committee ...
... Mercer did not see how such consequences sentiments which the people in many parts of the state had expressed , and which had been conveyed to the legislature in their , memorials and reso- lutions then lying upon the table . He would ...
... Mercer the most advisable . Force was not thought of by any one . The preservation of the federal Constitution , the cement of the Union with its original powers , was the object of the resolutions . The states were equally concerned ...
... Mercer , to be the arm of the people's discontent , but to use their voice . The same authority has maintained the right of the states to interfere in the manner expressed in the resolutions submitted to the committee , in terms still ...
... Mercer did not believe this class of men stood , in a foreign country , upon the narrow ground in which it was attempted to place them , yet ; he deemed it entirely unnecessary to inquire what was the nature and extent of their rights ...