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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... SEDITION LAWS ; TOGETHER WITH THE VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF DECEMBER 21 , 1798 , THE DEBATE AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON IN ... Act of Congress , in tho 1850 . THE VIRGINIA REPORT ...
... Sedition Act , which received the assent of the Presi dent on the 14th July , 1798 . These two laws , but especially the last , were fatal to the party which originated them . The Alien Act alone , as being directed against com ...
... Sedition Laws , the army and navy bills , and the large sums placed within reach of the President , were represented as parts of the same plan to perpetuate and enlarge his power . In proportion as ideas like these gained ground , the ...
... Sedition Laws were unconstitutional and merely void , ( which latter phrase , however , was ultimately struck out of ... act consentaneously with Virginia , ( and did , in fact , act before her , ) . and they were proposed in her ...
... SEDITION ACTS . AN ACT CONCERNING ALIENS . [ Approved June 25 , 1798. ] ABSTRACT . Section I. Confers power on the President to order aliens to depart . 1. What aliens . Such as the President shall judge dangerous to the peace and ...