Journal of the Senate of the United States of America

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
 

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Página 167 - to the Legiflatures of the feveral States, as Amendments to the Conftitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the faid Legiflatures, to be valid to all intents and purpofes, as part of the faid Conftitution — Viz. Articles in addition to, and amendment of,
Página 105 - the Legiflatures of the feveral States, as Amendments to the Conftitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the faid Legiflatures, to be valid, to all intents and purpofes, as part of the
Página 7 - York in 1789; associate justice of the State supreme court 1790-1794, and chief justice in 1795 and 1796; member of the State board of censors 1792-1813; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Moses Robinson; reelected for the term commencing March 4, 1797 and served from October
Página 24 - your fentiments not lefs than my own ;—nor thofe of my fellow-citizens at large, lefs than either.— No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invifible hand, which conduces the affairs of men, more than the people of the United
Página 24 - fo, on another, that the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; and the pre-eminence of free government, be exemplified, by all the attributes which can win the
Página 23 - That when the Senate shall be convened by the President .of the United States to any other place, the President of the Senate and Senators shall attend at the place appointed. The Secretary of the Senate shall also attend to take the minutes of the Senate.
Página 23 - proof, of the confidence of my fellow-citizens ; and have thence too little confulted my incapacity as well as difinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me; my ERROR will be palliated by the motives which mifled me, and its
Página 2 - served in the Revolutionary Army as an aide to General Washington at Yorktown; brigadier general in the Virginia Militia; member of the State house of delegates in 1783 and 1794; served in the State senate 1787-1790; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1788; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James
Página 1799 - elected to the United States Senate and served from August 2, 1796, until he was found guilty "of a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public trust and duty as a Senator," and was expelled July 8, 1797; was active in a plan to incite the Creeks and
Página 25 - public good :—for I allure myfelf that whilft you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government, or which ought to await the future leflbns of experience ; a reverence for the

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