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... Massachusetts , signed this Constitution . Nathaniel .. Governing the militia . Congress shall have power to provide for governing such part of the militia as may be employed in the service of the United States . Government . Congress ...
... Massachusetts , signed this Constitution . Nathaniel .. Governing the militia . Congress shall have power to provide for governing such part of the militia as may be employed in the service of the United States . Government . Congress ...
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... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus .. gulation of the land and naval forces ..... Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ..... Land and ...
... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus .. gulation of the land and naval forces ..... Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ..... Land and ...
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... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus .. Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ... Land and naval forces . Congress shall have power to make ...
... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus .. Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ... Land and naval forces . Congress shall have power to make ...
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... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus ... 1 9 8 11 23 gulation of the land and naval forces ..... Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ...
... Massachusetts signed this Constitution . Rufus ... 1 9 8 11 23 gulation of the land and naval forces ..... Labor . No person held to service or labor in one State , shall be discharged from such ser- vice or labor in another State ...
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... Massachusetts entitled to eight representatives in the first Congress . 32 1 18 1 8 11 9 1 10 1 12 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 McHenry , deputy from Maryland , signed this Constitution . James .. Measures . Congress shall have power to fix the ...
... Massachusetts entitled to eight representatives in the first Congress . 32 1 18 1 8 11 9 1 10 1 12 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 McHenry , deputy from Maryland , signed this Constitution . James .. Measures . Congress shall have power to fix the ...
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Page xxiv - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 190 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 31 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page xxv - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.