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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... be ' the despot : they would be entirely in his power . He further observed that ,
suppose government ( never an enemy to power ) should strengthen its hands by
corruption , by patronage , by standing armies , by a system of fears , ( he ...
... be ' the despot : they would be entirely in his power . He further observed that ,
suppose government ( never an enemy to power ) should strengthen its hands by
corruption , by patronage , by standing armies , by a system of fears , ( he ...
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This , he observed , was an epithet which might be applied to any attempt to
restrain usurpation . Men find no difficulty in pronouncing opinions to be both
false and licentious , which differ from their own . That this same distinc . tion ( if it
was ...
This , he observed , was an epithet which might be applied to any attempt to
restrain usurpation . Men find no difficulty in pronouncing opinions to be both
false and licentious , which differ from their own . That this same distinc . tion ( if it
was ...
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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 observed , that whatever flowed from a grant , followed the grant itself .
Congress , therefore , in protecting the states , might enact cautionary laws for the
purpose . A law sending away dangerous aliens was a cautionary law , tending
to ...
He observed , that whatever flowed from a grant , followed the grant itself .
Congress , therefore , in protecting the states , might enact cautionary laws for the
purpose . A law sending away dangerous aliens was a cautionary law , tending
to ...
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He then observed that the alien law did not touch lise , liberty , or property ; but
only directed the alien to be removed . If he would not remove himself , however ,
when ordered away , but remained obstinate , he might then be imprisoned .
He then observed that the alien law did not touch lise , liberty , or property ; but
only directed the alien to be removed . If he would not remove himself , however ,
when ordered away , but remained obstinate , he might then be imprisoned .
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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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