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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... unconstitutional and merely void , ( which latter phrase , however , was ultimately struck out of the resolutions , as actually adopted , ) and to address the other states , to obtain similar decla- rations . It was not contemplated to ...
... unconstitutional , and that the necessary and proper measure will be taken by each , for co - ope- rating with this State in maintaining unimpaired the authorities , rights , and liberties reserved to the States respectively , or to the ...
... unconstitutional laws . What was he to do ? On one hand was perjury , on the other a prison . Supppse a law were to infringe the guarantee made by the Constitution , of a republican form DEBATE ON VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS , 25.
... unconstitutional , the objection to them on that ground was strong ; and by asking further , could they then be justified upon the ground of necessity , or that they were harmless ? He began his observations upon the second subject , by ...
... They contained a declaration , not of opinion , but of fact . They declared the acts of Congress , called the alien and sedition laws , to be unconstitutional , and not law . These laws , DEBATE ON VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS . 29.