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Page 166 - May following, to take into consideration the situation of the United States ; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when agreed to by them and afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State, would effectually provide for the same.
Page 115 - Whereas the general diffusion of Christian knowledge hath a natural tendency to correct the morals of men, restrain their vices, and preserve the peace of society...
Page 189 - ... in the name and behalf of the People of this Commonwealth enjoin it upon their Representatives in Congress to exert all their influence and use all reasonable and legal methods to obtain a Ratification of the foregoing alterations and provisions in the manner provided by the...
Page 103 - 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.
Page 186 - The good people of this commonwealth, " In convention assembled, having ratified the constitution submitted to their consideration, this legislature has, in conformity to that act, and the resolutions of the United States in congress assembled, to them transmitted, thought proper to make the arrangements that were necessary for carrying it into effect. Having thus shown themselves obedient to the voice of their constituents, all America will find. that so far as it depends on them, that plan of government...
Page 154 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed on, • to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to examine the relative situation and trade of the said States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Page 185 - And the Convention do, in the name and behalf of the People of this Commonwealth enjoin it upon their Representatives in Congress to exert all their influence and use all reasonable and legal methods to obtain a Ratification...
Page 141 - Whereas the relative situation of the United States has been found, on trial, to require uniformity in their commercial regulations, as the only effectual policy for obtaining, in the ports of foreign nations, a stipulation of privileges reciprocal to those enjoyed by the subjects of such nations in the ports of the United States...
Page 339 - If Congress have the power, it is derived from this source; for there are no other words in the Constitution that can. by any construction that can be given to them, be considered as conveying this power. If Congress have not this power, the Constitutional mode would be by an amendment to the Constitution.
Page 206 - Congress have by their joint committee requested me 'to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness...
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| Title | The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788: With Some Account of Eminent Virginians of that Era who Were Members of the Body, Volume 1 Volumes 9-10 of Collections, Virginia Historical Society Volume 1 of The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, Robert Alonzo Brock The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788: With Some Account of Eminent Virginians of that Era who Were Members of the Body, Robert Alonzo Brock Volumes 9-10 of Virginia historical society. Collections. new ser., v. 9-10 |
| Author | Hugh Blair Grigsby |
| Editor | Robert Alonzo Brock |
| Publisher | [Virginia historical] society, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Dec 4, 2007 |
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