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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... laws , but especially the last , were fatal to the party which originated them . The Alien Act alone , as being directed against com . paratively few persons , and those strangers , might not have been so ob- noxious , Cut the Sedition Law ...
... 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 , or to excite unlawful combinations against the government , or to ... law of the United States , or to intimidate or prevent any person hold- ing ... SEDITION ACTS .
... sedition laws , had overleaped its bounds . He mentioned a law , which Congress had passed at the same session , respecting alien enemies , as it had been sug gested that the one particularly called the alien law was justifiable on ac ...
... law , had the rights of life , liberty , and property ; and that these common law rights were secured by the ... sedition law , and proceeded to comment upon the words of it , especially the words counsel or advise . He asked how he ...