The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions |
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And be it further enacted and declared , That if any person shall be prosecuted
under this act for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid , it shall be lawful for
the defendant , upon the trial of the cause , to give in evidence in his defence ...
And be it further enacted and declared , That if any person shall be prosecuted
under this act for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid , it shall be lawful for
the defendant , upon the trial of the cause , to give in evidence in his defence ...
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He had observed it asserted in a pamphlet circulated at this place , that these late
measures of the government might be justified on the ground of self - defence .
Under such a pretence as that , he said , Congress might pass any law whatever
...
He had observed it asserted in a pamphlet circulated at this place , that these late
measures of the government might be justified on the ground of self - defence .
Under such a pretence as that , he said , Congress might pass any law whatever
...
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He read the observations of Mr. Jefferson respecting the necessity of a
government having the powers of defence and protection ; also Mr. Madison's
speech in the Convention of Virginia to the same effect ; and applied them to the
case in ...
He read the observations of Mr. Jefferson respecting the necessity of a
government having the powers of defence and protection ; also Mr. Madison's
speech in the Convention of Virginia to the same effect ; and applied them to the
case in ...
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Amongst them the following : " to provide for the common defence , promote the
general welfare : " and in the eighteenth clause of the eighth section of the first
article , " to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into ...
Amongst them the following : " to provide for the common defence , promote the
general welfare : " and in the eighteenth clause of the eighth section of the first
article , " to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into ...
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The right of two different states " to communicate with each other , " is here
supported by the best defence which the federal Constitution ever received ; not
only ihis right is defended , but were the states to " adopt a regular plan of
opposition ...
The right of two different states " to communicate with each other , " is here
supported by the best defence which the federal Constitution ever received ; not
only ihis right is defended , but were the states to " adopt a regular plan of
opposition ...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ... James Madison Ograniczony podgląd - 1850 |
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