Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People, Pages 94-830 |
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... gentleman proceeded . Yet he believed it only necessary to trace the course of the gentleman's own argument , to show him how widely he had departed from the principles with which he set out . That gentleman , said Mr. Mercer , early ...
... gentleman proceeded . Yet he believed it only necessary to trace the course of the gentleman's own argument , to show him how widely he had departed from the principles with which he set out . That gentleman , said Mr. Mercer , early ...
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... gentleman speaks as if they must be idle . There are , for example , some principles laid down in the Bill of Rights ... gentleman's theory is , that you cannot , in the nature of things , form a plan of Government , by the action of ...
... gentleman speaks as if they must be idle . There are , for example , some principles laid down in the Bill of Rights ... gentleman's theory is , that you cannot , in the nature of things , form a plan of Government , by the action of ...
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... gentleman from Norfolk , as having said that he had brought forward these propositions with a view to settle the ... gentleman's propositions ; there were others of them which he should be disposed to deny , and the two were so far ...
... gentleman from Norfolk , as having said that he had brought forward these propositions with a view to settle the ... gentleman's propositions ; there were others of them which he should be disposed to deny , and the two were so far ...
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... gentleman from Northampton ( Judge Upshur ) and to the gentleman from Culpeper ( Judge Green . ) From want of proper time for ar- rangement , my remarks will be more desultory than I could wish , and I fear too diffuse for my own ...
... gentleman from Northampton ( Judge Upshur ) and to the gentleman from Culpeper ( Judge Green . ) From want of proper time for ar- rangement , my remarks will be more desultory than I could wish , and I fear too diffuse for my own ...
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... gentleman from Northampton ad- mitted , that it was the safest rule that a majority of the units of the community should govern , but only when property was equal . Unless property was equal he did not admit the principle at all . [ Mr ...
... gentleman from Northampton ad- mitted , that it was the safest rule that a majority of the units of the community should govern , but only when property was equal . Unless property was equal he did not admit the principle at all . [ Mr ...
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Page 413 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 196 - That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority...
Page 40 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 578 - Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence, until the case shall be reported to the Legislature at its next meeting, when the Legislature shall either pardon, or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve.
Page 528 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.
Page 385 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Page 26 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.
Page 471 - All the powers of government, legislative, executive and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation, that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.
Page 408 - The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society.
Page 197 - Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new Government, the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.