The Mystery of the Pinckney DraughtNott, Charles C.
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The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Nott, Charles C.
Constitutional history -- United States; Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824
No State shall grant Letters of marque & reprisal or enter into treaty
or alliance or confederation nor grant any title of nobility nor without
the Consent of the Legislature of the United States lay any impost on
imports--nor keep Troops or Ships of War in Time of peace--nor enter
into compacts with other states or foreign powers or emit bills of
Credit or make anything but Gold Silver or Copper a Tender in payment of
debts nor engage in War except for self defence when actually invaded or
the danger of invasion is so great as not to admit of delay until the
Government of the United States can be informed thereof--& to render
these prohibitions effectual the Legislature of the United States shall
have the power to revise the laws of the several states that may be
supposed to infringe the Powers exclusively delegated by the
Constitution to Congress & to negative & annul such as do
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The Citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges &
immunities of Citizens in the several states--
Any person charged with Crimes in any State fleeing from Justice in
another shall on demand of the Executive of the State from which he
fled be delivered up & removed to the State having jurisdiction of the
Offence--
13
Full faith shall be given in each State to the acts of the Legislature &
to the records & judicial Proceedings of the Courts & Magistrates of
every State
14
The Legislature shall have power to admit new States into the Union on
the same terms with the original States provided two thirds of the
members present in both houses agree
15
On the application of the legislature of a State the United States shall
protect it against domestic insurrections
16
If Two Thirds of the Legislatures of the States apply for the same The
Legislature of the United States shall call a Convention for the purpose
of amending the Constitution--Or should Congress with the Consent of Two
thirds of each house propose to the States amendments to the same--the
agreement of Two Thirds of the Legislatures of the States shall be
sufficient to make the said amendments Parts of the Constitution
The Ratifications of the * * * Conventions of * * * States shall be
sufficient for organizing this Constitution.--
* * * * *
DRAUGHT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL.
We the People of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina,
South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the
following Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our
Posterity.
Article I
The stile of this Government shall be, "The United States of America."
II
The Government shall consist of supreme legislative, executive and
judicial powers.
III
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