Joseph Story: Elections and Meetings of Congress

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833)by Joseph L. Story

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Elections and Meetings of Congress§ 812.§ 813.§ 814.§ 815.§ 816.§ 817.§ 818.§ 819.§ 820.§ 821.§ 822.§ 823.§ 824.§ 825.§ 826.§ 827.§ 828.§ 829.§ 830.§ 831.§ 832.§ 833.§ 834. FOOTNOTES
   1. Journal of Congress 218, 240; Id. 354, 374.
   2. 1 Elliot's Debates, 43 to 50; Id. 53 to 68; 2 Elliot's Debates, 38, 39, 72, 149, 150; 3 Elliot's Debates, 57 to 74; 2 American Museum, 438; Id. 435; Id. 545; 3 American Museum, 432; 2 Elliot's Debates, 277.
   3. The Federalist, No. 59; 2 Elliot's Debates, 276, 277.
   4. The Federalist, No. 59; 2 Elliot's Debates, 38, 39; Id. 276, 277.
   5. 1 Elliot's Debates, 41, 45; The Federalist, No. 22.
   6. The Federalist, No. 59.
   7. Id.
   8. The Federalist, No. 59; 1 Elliot's Debates, 43 to 55; Id. 67, 68; 3 Elliot's Debates, 65.
   9. The Federalist, No. 59.
   10. Id.
   11. The Federalist, No. 60.
   12. Id.
   13. The Federalist, No. 60.
   14. The Federalist, No. 61. -- The full force of this reasoning will not be perceived, without adverting to the fact, that though in New- England the voters generally give their votes in the townships, where they reside. In the southern and western states, there are few towns, and the elections are held in the counties, where the population is sparse, and spread over large plantation districts. 1 Elliot's Debates, 68.
   15. 2 Elliot's Debates, 38, 39.
   16. The Federalist, No. 61.
   17. See 1 Elliot's Debates, 44, 47, 48, 49; Id. 55; Id. 67.
   18. The Federalist, No. 61; 2 Elliot's Debates, 38, 39.
   19. 1 Tucker's Black. Comm. App. 192.
   20. Tucker's Black. Comm. App. 191, 192.
   21. See Journal of Convention, Supplement, p. 402, 411, 418, 425, 433, 447, 454.
   22. Journal of Convention, 351, 374.
   23. The Federalist, No. 52.
   24. 1 Black. Comm. 187, 188, and Christian's Note; 2 Wilson's Law Lect. 151, 155.
   25. 1 Black. Comm. 163, 178, 179; Rawle on the Constitution, ch. 4, p. 46; 1 Kent. Comm. 220; 2 Wilson's Law Lect. 153, 154.
   26. 1 Tucker's Black. Comm. App. 201, 202, 203, 229. -- I have not been able to find in any books within my reach, whether any particular quorum is required in the house of lords.
   27. The Federalist, No. 58; Journal of Convention, 218, 242.
   28. The Federalist, No. 22, 58.
   29. Journal of Convention, 218, 242; 4 Instit. 43, 49.
   30. Confederation, art.9; 1 Elliot's Debates, 44, 45; The Federalist, No. 22.