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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... Act ; and requires marshals , and other officers of the United States to exe- cute the President's orders under it . Section V. Allows alien to remove his effects . Section VI . Continues act in force for two years ... SEDITION ACTS .
... act . And all marshals and other officers of the United States are required to execute all precepts and orders of the President of the United States , issued in pursuance or by virtue of this act . Sect . 5. And be it ... SEDITION ACTS . 19.
... Act to 3d March , 1801 . L SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America , in Congress assembled , That if any per- sons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together ... SEDITION ACTS .
... sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combina- tions therein , for opposing or resisting any law of the United States , or any act of the President of the United States , done in pursuance of any such law , or of ...
... law even authorized the sending away the alien without a trial , and in the mean time his being imprisoned . Yet that legislature , in passing that law , did not suppose it had violated the Constitution . He then read the act of ...