MORRIS observed, that the states might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient confidence in the state legislatures. The motion... Congressional Serial Set - Página 41891Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1840 - 710 páginas
...gentlemen still foster the dangerous idea. Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS observed, that the States VOL. I.— 81 might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1845 - 672 páginas
...seem as if many gentlemen still foster the dangerous idea. Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS observed, that the states might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 680 páginas
...seem as if many gentlemen still foster the dangerous idea. Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS observed, that the states might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| George Frisbie Hoar - 1891 - 52 páginas
...probability has been suggested of its being abused by them. Mr. Gouverneur Morris observed that the States might make false returns and then make no provisions for new elections. — The Madison Papers, volume 3, pages 1280, 1281. Showing that the very purpose of the act was to have the authority over... | |
| Erastus Howard Scott - 1893
...seem as if many gentlemen still foster the., dangerous idea. Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS observed, that the States might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| United States. Constitutional Convention - 1893 - 432 páginas
...seem as if many gentlemen still foster the dangerous idea. Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORR1S observed, that the States might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr. SHERMAN did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| James Madison - 1787 - 578 páginas
...would seem as if many gentlemen, still foster the dangerous idea. Mr Govr Morris observed that the States might make false returns and then make no provisions for new elections. Mr Sherman did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
| John A. Kasson - 1904 - 310 páginas
...judging of the returns of their members may be frustrated." To this Gouverneur Morris added that " the States might make false returns, and then make no provisions for new elections." Mr. Sherman did not know that it might be best to retain the clause, though he had confidence in the... | |
| United States. Constitutional Convention - 1911 - 680 páginas
...seem as if many gentlemen, still foster the dangerous idea. Mr. Govr. Morris — observed that the States might make false returns and then make no provisions for new elections Mr. Sherman did not know but it might be best to retain the clause, though he had himself sufficient... | |
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