 | John Scott - 1860 - 278 pagine
...different bases of representation which they contained. That of Mr. Randolph provided: " That the right of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases." But... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 282 pagine
...different bases of representation which they contained. That of Mr. Randolph provided : " That the right of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases." But... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 804 pagine
...of liberty, and general welfare. Secondly, To make the right of suffrage in the national legislature proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as might seem best in different cases. Thirdly, To make the national legislature consist of two branches... | |
 | Nathaniel Carter Towle - 1861 - 460 pagine
...common defence, security of liberty, and general welfare." * 2. Resolved, therefore, that the right of suffrage in the national legislature, ought to...contribution or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases. 3. Resolved, That the national legislature... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1863 - 700 pagine
...determined on the division of the legislative power into two branches. One of his propositions was, " That the rights of suffrage in the national legislature...contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases." This was no sooner propounded, than... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 680 pagine
...postponed ; which was agreed to. Mr. RANDOLPH and Mr. MADISON then moved the following resolution : " That the rights of suffrage in the national legislature ought to be proportioned." It was moved, and seconded, to amend it by adding, "and not according to the present system ; " which... | |
 | John Fulton - 1864 - 582 pagine
...council. Mr. Randolph's second resolution declared that, instead of an equal vote by States, " the right of suffrage in the national legislature ought to be...contribution or to the number of free inhabitants." In order to carry this principle into complete operation, he, after proposing in the third resolution... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1864 - 850 pagine
...other may seem best in different cases." Hamilton met the open question at once by a resolution, "that the rights of suffrage in the National legislature ought to be proportioned to the number of FBEE INHABITANTS."* This principle having been adopted, as to the first branch of the legislature,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 604 pagine
...Hamilton, seconded by Mr. Spaight, that the resolution be altered so as to read : Re* solved, that the rights of suffrage in the national legislature ought to be proportioned to the number of free inhabitants." t Journal, 112. would have associated with it a revisionary council, to... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1869 - 856 pagine
...Convention. The initial proposition of Virginia in the formation of a new Government was ; " that the right of suffrage in the National legislature, ought to...contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other may seem best in different cases." Hamilton met the open question at once by... | |
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Resolved therefore, that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases. 
