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

Resource Information

The instance 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 represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.

Image

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&client=erounivinst&isbn=9780865977884&upc=&oclc=%28OCoLC%29613432732/LC.JPG

Label

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

Title remainder

the state Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s

Statement of responsibility

edited by Merrill D. Peterson ; with a foreword to the Liberty Fund edition by G. Alan Tarr

Instantiates

• Democracy, liberty, and property : the state Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s

Publication

• Indianapolis, Ind., Liberty Fund, 2010

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [xxv]-xxvii) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier.

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent.

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

Control code

FIEb16817035

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

xxvii, 412 pages

Isbn

9780865977884

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia.

Media type code

• n

Record ID

u273872

System control number

(OCoLC)613432732