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., 2004 - 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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That, in Great Britain, where the prerogatives were limited, wherever the
executive overleaped their bounds, other organized bodies would always control
and check it. So, if Congress overleaped their bounds, some organized body
should ...
Implication would lead us into an endless discussion. The plain sense and
meaning of the Constitution should be our guide. In some part of the. gentleman's
argument he admitted the limited powers of the Constitution ; in others he
certainly ...
It was not only essential they should receive the sanction. of the constituted
authorities, but the act itself must be in unison with the Constitution ; for, if an
agent should transcend his limited authorities, he would be guilty of usurpation;
and all ...
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