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" Constitution from abundant caution has. declared, "that the migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808. "
British and Foreign State Papers - Page 63
by Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1829
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The Panoplist, and Missionary Herald, Volume 16

Congregational churches - 1820 - 598 pages
...twenty years; viz, till the year 1808. It is remarkable how delicately this clause is worded. It says, "that the migration or importation of such persons,...prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808; hut a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." ,...
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Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of the United States ...

Matthew St. Clair Clarke - Banking law - 1832 - 864 pages
...would extend when not restricted. The first clause of the 9th section of the first article, provides, that " the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the. Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." Among...
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 2

New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1833 - 614 pages
...another and more special provision inserted in the Constitution from abundant caution has. declared, "that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808." That this Commonwealth does admit the migration of alien friends described as the subject of the said...
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Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia: With an Appendix ...

Ralph Randolph Gurley - African Americans - 1835 - 566 pages
...limits; to adapt legislative measures in such manner as to extend the funda* The Constitution declares "that the migration or importation of such persons...prohihited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808." It is most manifest that the Constitution does contemplate, in the very terms of this clause, that...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 680 pages
...another and more special provision inserted in the Constitution from abundant caution, has declared, " that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808." That this commonwealth does admit the migration of alien friends described as the subject of the said...
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Federalism: Or The Question of Exclusive Power, the True Issue in the ...

John W. King - United States - 1841 - 80 pages
...discountenanced. Hence the provision of the first number of the ninth section of the first article, "that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding $10 for each person." Now it is clear...
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Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 2

1849 - 854 pages
...possessed to control the traffic in slaves. By Section 9 Article 1, of the constitution, it is Drovided rary. We cannot indeed place Hooker (but whom dare...master spirits ; yet he has abundant claims to be This exceptioi conclusively proves that subsequently to 1808, thi migration as well as importation...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 272 pages
...stated? The Constitution, he said, gave the answer. By section ninth, article firsi, it was declared, that " the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808." Thus the power of admitting aliens into its territory, was left to the several states, respectively....
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 722 pages
...construction, every barrier which limits the power of the Legislature. It is declared in the Constitution, that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808. If this spirit of construction is admitted, how easy will it be for gentlemen to say migration or importation...
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an ...

Joseph Gales - United States - 1851 - 716 pages
...construction,-every barrier which limits the power of the Legislature. It is declared in the Constitution, that the migration or importation of such persons...prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808. If this spirit of construction is admitted, how easy will it be for gentlemen to say migration or importation...
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