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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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Autore: Peterson Merrill D Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
Disciplina: 342.730292
Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: PetersonMerrill D  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxv]-xxvii) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Democracy, liberty, and property  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61487-848-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786366203321
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