The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how Destroyed--how it May be RestoredJ. Woodhouse, 1860 - 266 頁 |
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... cause of the decline of that Commonwealth ; and in this connection I beg leave to acknowledge the advantage that I have derived from consulting the pages of Mr. Grigs- by - I mean with reference to the source from which the bulk of the ...
... cause of the decline of that Commonwealth ; and in this connection I beg leave to acknowledge the advantage that I have derived from consulting the pages of Mr. Grigs- by - I mean with reference to the source from which the bulk of the ...
第 23 頁
... caused , to borrow a passage from Burke respecting a similar plan in the French Constitution of 1789 , " such infinite variations between square and square , as to render mensuration a ridiculous stand- ard of power in the Commonwealth ...
... caused , to borrow a passage from Burke respecting a similar plan in the French Constitution of 1789 , " such infinite variations between square and square , as to render mensuration a ridiculous stand- ard of power in the Commonwealth ...
第 24 頁
... causes concurred in forming the great division of interests in the United States . It did not lie between the large and small States . It lay between the Northern and Southern ; and if any defensive power were necessary , it ought to be ...
... causes concurred in forming the great division of interests in the United States . It did not lie between the large and small States . It lay between the Northern and Southern ; and if any defensive power were necessary , it ought to be ...
第 35 頁
... cause a census and estimate to be taken within one year after its first meeting , and every years thereafter ; and that the legislature arrange the representation accordingly . " Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS opposed it , as fettering the ...
... cause a census and estimate to be taken within one year after its first meeting , and every years thereafter ; and that the legislature arrange the representation accordingly . " Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS opposed it , as fettering the ...
第 57 頁
... cause , had not been accepted or acted upon . The number of its inhabitants amounted to sixty thousand , and was from time to time receiv- ing additions from the more populous parts of Eastern Vir- ginia . Louisville was the principal ...
... cause , had not been accepted or acted upon . The number of its inhabitants amounted to sixty thousand , and was from time to time receiv- ing additions from the more populous parts of Eastern Vir- ginia . Louisville was the principal ...
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