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.
|
Z wnętrza książki
Wyniki 1 - 5 z 70
... question , 257 . 3. A letter from the same to the same , on the same subject , 258 to 260 . In conclusion , it is proper to observe that this edition is intended especially for the use of students , and that the learned reader must ...
... question whether alien friends possessed any rights . If so , they might be secured by the Consti- tution . Then , if they were infringed , the Constitution was broken . If Congress could infringe the rights of those people , they might ...
... question then recurred , was their removal when dangerous prevented also ? The question was of great importance . When these states , he said , declared themselves independent , they entered into articles of confederation . That was a ...
... question . It was true , he said , that the Constitution prohibited the general government from preventing the migration of foreigners prior to the year 1808 : but at the same time , the principles of protection must induce a belief ...
... question , neither life , liberty , or property was touched , except in cases of contumely . He then stated the case authorized by our municipal laws , respecting surety of the peace ; and asked , how did the trial by jury stand in that ...