THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS: THE THIRD CONGRESS, 1793-1795
In: University of Chicago Law Review, Jg. 63 (1996), S. 1
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President Washington began his second term on March 4, 1793. Reluctant to run again, he had been persuaded that his country needed him, and he had not been opposed. It has been said, however, that in other respects the election of 1792 was our first "partisan" election. A plan to displace Vice President John Adams with New York Governor George Clinton attracted 50 of the 127 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson rejoiced that there was now a "decided majority" for the "republican interest" in the House. 1 Although it was still perhaps premature to attach firm party labels to individual members of Congress, 2 a number of observers have concluded that at least one chamber of the Third Congress was in Republican hands. 3 War had broken out in Europe early in 1793, and Washington's first concern was to keep the United States out of it. The first session of the Third Congress was dominated by measures designed to prevent or prepare for war and the ways and means of financing them. Congress enacted a neutrality law; authorized the raising of additional troops, the construction of forts and arsenals, and the establishment of a navy; laid an embargo and a ban on arms exports; and debated discriminatory tariffs, nonintercourse with Great Britain, sequestration of British debts, and indemnity for depredations on our shipping. Congress adopted new taxes on carriages, snuff, and sugar, and conducted its first significant debate on the definition of direct taxes. The second session ...
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THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS: THE THIRD CONGRESS, 1793-1795
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Currie, David P. |
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Zeitschrift: | University of Chicago Law Review, Jg. 63 (1996), S. 1 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1996 |
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