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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The Republicans possessed a decided majority in the legislature , and amongst
the people , but the minority , besides being respectable for numbers ,
comprehended many individuals eminent for public and private virtue , for
capacity , and for ...
The Republicans possessed a decided majority in the legislature , and amongst
the people , but the minority , besides being respectable for numbers ,
comprehended many individuals eminent for public and private virtue , for
capacity , and for ...
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He proceeded to construe the alien law , and said that the precedent estabNshed
by it was dangerous , both as it affected individuals , and as it affected states .
That a power inclined to usur . pation , to the injury of aliens , would be inclined to
...
He proceeded to construe the alien law , and said that the precedent estabNshed
by it was dangerous , both as it affected individuals , and as it affected states .
That a power inclined to usur . pation , to the injury of aliens , would be inclined to
...
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Individuals and states were equally affected by such concentration of power . The
concentration of it in an individual , would enslave other individuals , a
concentration of it in Congress , would operate to the destruction of the state
governments ...
Individuals and states were equally affected by such concentration of power . The
concentration of it in an individual , would enslave other individuals , a
concentration of it in Congress , would operate to the destruction of the state
governments ...
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He would compare it to a shield , which an individual cast before him to protect
himself against the javelin before it reached him ; for it would be no protection , if
he waited till the wound was inflicted . He observed , that whatever flowed from a
...
He would compare it to a shield , which an individual cast before him to protect
himself against the javelin before it reached him ; for it would be no protection , if
he waited till the wound was inflicted . He observed , that whatever flowed from a
...
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It could not be with a private individual . It could not be with the judiciary . It could
not be with the legislature ; but might most properly be with the executive . He , by
the Constitution , was bound to execute the laws : therefore , it was most ...
It could not be with a private individual . It could not be with the judiciary . It could
not be with the legislature ; but might most properly be with the executive . He , by
the Constitution , was bound to execute the laws : therefore , it was most ...
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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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