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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... respecting alien enemies , as it had been sug gested that the one particularly called the alien law was justifiable on ac- count of danger to be apprehended from foreigners . This alien enemy law passed by Congress , as well as a law of ...
... respecting treason , went no farther in describing that offence , than our law does in describing sedition . He then cited the case of Algernon Sidney . That Algernon Sidney wrote a book in answer to Filmer , to prove " that the ...
... respect cancel , restrain , or infringe the liberty of the press ! And concluded his observations upon the first of the two subjects , to which he had before mentioned he should confine them , by saying that , if he had proved the laws ...
... respecting the migration of persons , the 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 ...
... respecting the necessity of a government having the powers of defence and protection ; also Mr. Madison's speech in the Con- vention of Virginia to the same effect ; and applied them to the case in question . It was true , he said ...