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Autore |
Peterson Merrill D |
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Titolo |
Democracy, liberty, and property [[electronic resource] ] : the state Constitutional Conventions of the 1820's / / edited by Merrill D. Peterson ; with a foreword to the Liberty Fund edition by G. Alan Tarr |
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Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Constitutional conventions - Massachusetts - History |
Constitutional history - Massachusetts |
Constitutional conventions - New York (State) - History |
Constitutional history - New York (State) |
Constitutional conventions - Virginia - History |
Constitutional history - Virginia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxv]-xxvii) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The test oath -- The Third Article -- The "poll parish" -- Tax exemption -- The suffrage -- The basis of representation -- Joseph Story on representation -- Daniel Webster on representation -- "Address to the people" -- Statement of the votes for and against the Articles of Amendment, in the several counties -- The Council of Revision and the veto power -- The term of the governor -- The appointive power -- The Senate and the suffrage -- The Negro and the suffrage -- Blasphemy and libel -- Reform of the judiciary -- Cooke on democratic representation -- Upshur on majorities and minorities -- Doddridge in rebuttal -- Leigh on power and property -- Randolph on the federal issue -- Marshall on compromise -- Summers on the Gordon plan -- Gordon on the Gordon plan -- The non-freeholders' memorial -- The freehold suffrage defended -- The reformers' rebuttal -- The executive -- The county courts -- The amendment article -- The question of ratification. |
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