Author: Edward Terry Sanford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331467949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Excerpt from The Constitutional Convention of Tennessee of 1796 On July 31st, 1797, Francis Baily, a young English traveler, then unknown to fame, but afterwards President of the Royal Astronomical Society, while stopping at the town of Nash ville, before starting on his fifteen days' overland journey through the Indian territory to Knoxville, after noting in his journal the recent formation of the State of Tennessee and the fact that the Governor had, in pursuance of the law, called a convention who lately met at Knoxville, (and) formed a Constitution, added, by way of comment, this foot note: All this sounds terrible in England, but is is a matter of course in America, after which digression he continued This Constitution breathes the true. Spirit of republicanism, and is formed much after the same manner as others, with all the improvements which time and experience have pointed out in the Science of legislation. (1) The Constitutional Convention thus referred to was that of 1796. I shall use Mr. Baily's commentaries as the text for the two salient features of that convention upon which it is my purpose to lay especial emphasis: First. The fact that while the holding of such a convention would indeed have been an extraordinary thing in England, with its unwritten constitution, it was, in America, a matter of course, and only one link in an orderly and legal chain of events; and second, that the Constitution thus formed was not in any sense a sudden and spontaneous creation, but was the natural outcome of those experiments in constitution-making with which its. Framers were acquainted, with such improvements as their own experience and the spirit of the times suggested. Taking up then the first of these points, it will be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Edward Terry Sanford
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Author: Lewis L. Laska
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199779074
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Tennesseans pioneered innovations in self-government beginning in 1772, and they have continued to do so since the enactment of their first formal constitution in 1796. Over time, Tennessee has adopted, abolished, and changed it's constitution as political and social needs demanded and allowed. In The Tennessee State Constitution, Lewis L. Laska provides a comprehensive introduction to Tennessee's constitution including a history of its development beginning in the 1700s, article-by-article commentary on the constitution itself, and an extensive bibliography of Tennessee constitutional history. This essential guide to the Tennessee constitution also presents valuable commentary on the constitution's preamble and 11 articles including the declaration of rights, the distribution of powers, the executive department, elections, impeachments, the judicial department, state and county officers, militia, disqualification, oaths, bribery of electors, new counties, and miscellaneous provisions. Also included are an annotated bibliography of Tennessee constitutional history including references to pre-statehood compacts, the constitutions of 1796 and 1835, the Civil War, Reconstruction and the 1865 amendments, the constitution of 1870, attempted constitutional reform, and five constitutional conventions from 1953 to 1977. A table of cases completes this unsurpassed reference guide that will be referred to and relied upon by constitutional scholars and students as well as legal historians. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
Author: Tennessee. General Assembly. Legislative Council Committee
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Category : Constitutional amendments
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Author: Joshua William Caldwell
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Author: Sanford Edward Terry 1865-1930
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781313790239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Tennessee
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Author: Tennessee. Constitutional Convention
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Category : Constitutional amendments
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Author: Tennessee
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Author: Tennessee. Constitutional Convention
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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