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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... law did in no respect cancel , restrain , or infringe the liberty of the press ! And concluded his observations upon ... alien possessed those rights , he asked , could he avail himself of them under the present law ? Could a citizen ...
... laws . He should confine himself to the alien law only . He conceived that would be as much as he could perform . For in doing that , he should fatigue himself , and he expected the committee also . He proceeded then to examine the ...
... law of nations which he had read , was sound , and the general government might by that lawfully restrain or regulate the entry of aliens , and order them away if necessary . But the Constitution had a clause in it upon that subject ...
... law of Congress were to be construed unconstitutional , the general government could not remove them . He read the observations of Mr. Jefferson respecting the necessity of a government having the powers of defence and protection ; also ...
... law of nations , " and said , that aliens came within it , since for an alien to conspire against the peace of the nation , which permitted him a residence therein , was an offence against the law of nations . He further read the clause ...