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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... Prince George , he said , had admitted that if Congress were to pass a law to exclude all aliens for ever , prior to the year 1808 , it would be unconstitutional . Mr. Rujjin then begged ' leave to inquire as to the diffe- rence of the ...
... Prince George submitted to the committee yesterday , be correct , the nature of that Constitution was changed . It was not what the people and states under- stood it to be at the time of its ratification . Its powers were enlarged to a ...
... Prince George had told the committee that the resolutions introduced by the gentleman from Caroline were calculated to rouse the people to resistance , to excite the people of Virginia against the could result from their adoption . They ...
... Prince George had introduced the opinions of a learned writer upon the law of nations , to prove which were the rights of aliens . Though , Mr. Mercer did not believe this class of men stood , in a foreign country , upon the narrow ...