 | Henry Sherman - United States - 1843 - 302 pages
...States should be held at Philadelphia " for the purpose of revising the ARTICLES OF CONFEDE RATION, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures,...States, render the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION adequate to the emergencies of government, and the preservation of the Union." « September 18, 1786. t 1787. CHAPTER... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1843 - 866 pages
...be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the several legislatures,...states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government, and the preservation of the Union." In consequence of this, delegates to the... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress, and to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions...shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government, and the preservation... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - New York (State) - 1846 - 552 pages
...Monday in May, then next, " 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 should, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, under the Federal Constitution, be... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - Declaration of Independence - 1846 - 900 pages
...1787, 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, ns should, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 pages
...articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several legislatures, such alterations therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government, and the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Constitutional history - 1848 - 84 pages
...beheld at Philadelphia for the tole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government and the preservation of the Union." [4. Elliot's Debates, old ed., 24. App.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 510 pages
...sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of 'Confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several Legislatures, such alterations and provisions...shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government, and the preservation... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 514 pages
...sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several Legislatures, such alterations and provisions...shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government, and the preservation... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1851 - 436 pages
...May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of...legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of... | |
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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... 
