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Democracy, liberty, and property : the state Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s / edited by Merrill D. Peterson ; with a foreword to the Liberty Fund edition by G. Alan Tarr.

Other author/creatorPeterson, Merrill D.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoIndianapolis, Ind. : Liberty Fund,
Descriptionxxvii, 412 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [xxv]-xxvii) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010010050
ISBN9780865977884 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0865977887 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780865977891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0865977895 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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