The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how Destroyed--how it May be RestoredJ. Woodhouse, 1860 - 266 Seiten |
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... direct taxation . With regard to indirect taxes on exports and imports , and on consumption , the rule would be inapplicable . " Gen. PINCKNEY liked the idea . He thought it so just , that it could not be objected to ; but foresaw that ...
... direct taxation . With regard to indirect taxes on exports and imports , and on consumption , the rule would be inapplicable . " Gen. PINCKNEY liked the idea . He thought it so just , that it could not be objected to ; but foresaw that ...
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... direct taxation . " Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS having so varied his motion , by inserting the word ' direct , ' it passed nem . con . , as follows : ' provided always that direct taxation ought to be proportioned to representation . ' " Mr ...
... direct taxation . " Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS having so varied his motion , by inserting the word ' direct , ' it passed nem . con . , as follows : ' provided always that direct taxation ought to be proportioned to representation . ' " Mr ...
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... direct taxation , and both to the white and three - fifths of the black inhabitants , and requiring a periodical census , six States voted in the affirm- ative , two , only , in the negative . It is to be remarked of this debate , that ...
... direct taxation , and both to the white and three - fifths of the black inhabitants , and requiring a periodical census , six States voted in the affirm- ative , two , only , in the negative . It is to be remarked of this debate , that ...
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... direct taxes . ceased to be the means of collecting the revenue ; but , even if that had not taken place , and the government had been con- fined to direct taxation , the idea embodied in the basis of representation would not the less ...
... direct taxes . ceased to be the means of collecting the revenue ; but , even if that had not taken place , and the government had been con- fined to direct taxation , the idea embodied in the basis of representation would not the less ...
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... direct taxation , which she did not share with Congress , and the custom - house , over which she exercised exclusive con- trol . The receipts from these sources , even in the crippled condition of her trade , were great enough to ...
... direct taxation , which she did not share with Congress , and the custom - house , over which she exercised exclusive con- trol . The receipts from these sources , even in the crippled condition of her trade , were great enough to ...
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according admitted adopted agriculture amendments America Articles of Confederation Assembly branch British Burwell Bassett Bushrod Washington census commerce committee Commonwealth Confederation Congress considered Constitution Cuthbert Bullitt debate declared delegates Democratic direct taxation duties Edmund England equal Equilibrium ernment existence exports favor Federal Convention Federalists foreign GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Grayson Honorable important interests Isaac Coles James Jefferson John labor legislature Levin Powell liberty Madison Maryland Massachusetts Matthew Walton ment Meriwether Smith nations nature navigation negroes North and South Northern majority number of inhabitants object opinion Opposition party Patrick Henry Pennsylvania Pinckney political popular population present principle produced proposed proposition protection question Randolph ratification ratio representation representatives resolution revenue Samuel Jordan Cabell Senate slave trade slavery soon South Carolina Southern taxes Thomas three-fifths tion tobacco Union United Virginia vote Washington wealth whilst whole William William Grayson Wilson
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Seite 17 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Seite 249 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Seite 250 - ... delegate ; and the delegates of a state or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such...
Seite 11 - In order to justify a resort to revolutionary resistance, the federal government must be guilty of "a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise" of powers not granted by the Constitution.
Seite 245 - ... no right of any denomination can be cancelled abridged restrained or modified by the Congress by the Senate or House of Representatives acting in any Capacity by the President or any Department or Officer of the United States...
Seite 197 - An unrestrained intercourse between the States themselves will advance the trade of each, by an interchange of their respective productions, not only for the supply of reciprocal wants at home, but for exportation to foreign markets.
Seite 12 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Seite 247 - That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station...
Seite 260 - February 21, 1787, and was ratified by the conventions of the several states, as follows, viz.: By convention of Delaware...
Seite 213 - The migration or importation of such persons as the several states, now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the legislature prior to the year 1800; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such migration or importation, at a rate not exceeding the average of the duties laid on imports.