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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... John Allen arose next , and said he was not accustomed to make apologies for anything he wished to say in this house , nor should he do so in the present case ; the subject was of too much importance to require any . And ...
... whole house , on the state of the commonwealth , Mr. Brackenridge in the chair , when Mr. John Taylor's resolutions being still under consideration , MR . BARBOUR arose , and observed , that being DEBATE ON VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS . 53.
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