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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Peterson Merrill D
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-61487-848-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812353203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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