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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... argument , that the common law constituted part of the federal jurisprudence , created more alarm than the main topics of com- plaint , the Alien and Sedition Laws themselves . It was regarded as an accumulation , at one stroke , of all ...
... argument . Accordingly , during the whole summer of 1799 , the state was agitated with preparations for the approaching conflict . The Republicans possessed a decided majority in the legislature , and amongst the people , but the ...
... arguments derived from the probable consequences upon the people of adopting the resolu- tions , would prevent the judgment of the committee from being calmly exercised upon them . The right of the state government to interfere in the ...
... argument he admitted the limited powers of the Constitution ; in others he certainly advanced opinions destructive of that limitation . To show that the powers under the Constitution were limited and special , Mr. Mercer , begged leave ...
... argument drawn from the powers of Congress over foreign rela- tions ; for none were more expressly delegated than these ; he begged leave again to refer to that instrument , which should be our constant guide . In the 10th section of ...