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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... favoured France , influenced as well by a natural sympathy for a great people struggling , as they supposed , for freedom , as by gratitude for the assistance so recently received in the war of our Revolution , and animated by a ...
... whence , however , it was very soon precipitated into irre- trievable disgrace . The Federalists , elated at the spring - tide of favour setting in upon the administration , resolved to avail themselves of it to the xii PREFACE .
... favour of aliens . They were necessary , and found to be the usage of all nations . A contrary usage would be cruel and inhuman . Such laws as these were attended with mutual advantages to the nations at war . They constituted a mutual ...
... favour . He said , the alien did not come within the scope of the general laws of the country into which he came . During his stay therein , he was to be protected indeed by those laws ; but was not the object of them . He cited and ...
... favour ; and that it was new doctrine that a favour could not be withdrawn , but by trial by jury .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 ...