The Constitutional Debates of 1847
Author: Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 1070
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Author: Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 1070
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: ARTHUR CHARLES. COLE
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033947012
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Published: 1919
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur Charles Cole
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Total Pages: 1018
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bernard Bailyn
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2018-10-09
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 1598535870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReturn to the nation's founding to rediscover the dramatic original debates--on presidential power, religious liberty, foreign corruption, and more--that still shape our world today When the Constitutional Convention adjourned on September 17, 1787, few Americans anticipated the document that emerged from its secret proceedings. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other framers had fashioned something radically new, a strong national government with broad powers. A fierce storm of argument soon broke out in advance of the state ratifying conventions that would decide the new plan's fate as Federalist supporters, Antifederalist opponents, and seekers of a middle ground praised, condemned, challenged, and analyzed the new Constitution. Here, in chronological order, are more than sixty newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, and private letters written or delivered during this ratification debate. Along with familiar figures such as Madison, Hamilton, and Patrick Henry, are dozens of lesser-known but equally engaged and passionate participants. The most famous writings of the period--especially the key Federalist essays--are placed in context alongside the arguments of insightful Antifederalists such as "Brutus" and the "Federal Farmer." Crucial issues quickly take center stage--the need for a Bill of Rights, the controversial compromises over slavery and the slave trade, whether religious tests should be imposed--and on questions that continue to engage and divide Americans: the relationship between the national government and the states, the dangers of unchecked presidential power and the remedy of impeachment, the proper role of the Supreme Court, fears of foreign and domestic corruption, and the persistent challenge of making representative government work in a large and diverse nation.
Author: Wisconsin Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019658307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis historical book is a record of the debates and proceedings of the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847, with a detailed discussion on issues related to drafting the constitution for the state of Wisconsin. A must-read for those interested in the history of Wisconsin's statehood. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Milo Milton Quaife
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 736
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stefan Voigt
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKStefan Voigt examines the emergence of constitutions and how and why they change. He proposes that they are based on spontaneously-developed institutions and presents predictions on the scope of change under various setting and factors.
Author: Abraham Lincoln
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 584
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frank Cicero Jr.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0252050347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn its early days, Illinois seemed destined to extend the American South. Its population of transplants lived an upland southern culture and in some cases owned slaves. Yet the nineteenth century and three constitutions recast Illinois as a crucible of northern strength and American progress. Frank Cicero Jr. provides an appealing new history of Illinois as expressed by the state's constitutions—and the lively conventions that led to each one. In Creating the Land of Lincoln, Cicero sheds light on the vital debates of delegates who, freed from electoral necessity, revealed the opinions, prejudices, sentiments, and dreams of Illinoisans at critical junctures in state history. Cicero simultaneously analyzes decisions large and small that fostered momentous social and political changes. The addition of northern land in the 1818 constitution, for instance, opened up the state to immigrant populations that reoriented Illinois to the north. Legislative abuses and rancor over free blacks influenced the 1848 document and the subsequent rise of a Republican Party that gave the nation Abraham Lincoln as its president. Cicero concludes with the 1870 constitution, revealing how its dialogues and resolutions set the state on the modern course that still endures today.