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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... doctrine , the sedition act , alien act , the under- taking to change the state laws of evidence in the state courts , by certain parts of the stamp act , & c . , & c . , have been solitary , unconsequential , timid things , in ...
... doctrine of Filmer , to illustrate this subject . To bring about such a measure as this , he said , it would be necessary for Congress , in the first place , to establish the point , that they were the mas- ters , and not the servants ...
... doctrine of the law of nations which he had read , was sound , and the general government might by that lawfully restrain or regulate the entry of aliens , and order them away if necessary . But the Constitution had a clause in it upon ...
... doctrine of necessary implication was proved by the Constitution , when in the last clause of the 8th section , it grants to Congress the power " to make all laws which shall be neces . sary and proper for carrying into execution the ...
... doctrine that a favour could not be withdrawn , but by trial by jury . He then observed that the alien law did not touch life , liberty , or property ; but only directed the alien to be removed . If he would not remove himself , however ...