Transcript 1 st President of the United States

The Crusader’s Chronicle
The Crusader’s Chronicle
September 26, 1789
A New Plan for
Rising Country
Constitution Approved
By Robert Eng
Edition #6
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1st President of the
United States
George Washington
unanimously chosen
by Robert Eng
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Everyone remembers
the Federalists. Those
Pro-Constitution
people
writing
the
Federalist
Papers to motivate the
public and pressure the
state
governments
to
ratify the Constitution.
They approved of their
plan
of
three
main
branches of government:
a legislative, judicial, and
executive. The legislative
would create laws, the
executive would execute
and enforce laws, and the
judicial branch would
interpret
laws.
The
framers laid out the
branches so that no
branch would have more
power over the other
through checks. Finally,
this goal of ratifying it has
been met.
any kind of Ratification
Convention. They feel this
new Constitution does not
suit the country’s needs.
The rights of the citizens of
the United States are not
listed
out
in
the
Constitution or anywhere
specifically. It is suspected
the framers want all of the
states
to
ratify
the
Constitution because it
pertains to every state.
In action to repair the
disagreement, the Bill of
Rights
was
released
yesterday to protect the
rights of the citizens in a
specific written list and to
please the Anti-Federalists.
Look to page three for the
Bill of Rights. Now the
framers wait for all states
to ratify the Bill of Rights
to create more perfect
On March 4 of this union.
The Bill of Rights
year, the Constitution
went into affect. The new
plan the framers slaved
over has finally been in
affect for a few months,
but still some are far from
pleased. The new AntiFederalist group which
seems strong in Rhode
Island, has refused to call
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner,
nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or
in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in
any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an
impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which
district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defense.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of
trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any
court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or
disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The newly built Electoral
College unanimously chose George
Washington
as
president
previously this year. Then on April
30, he was inaugurated as the
first president of the United
States, a paramount occasion. So
far,
he
has
shown
great
characteristics
to
run
this
country. His humble attitude of
straying away from the majestic,
rich, luxurious European leaders’
lives shows when he chose Mr.
President over Your Majesty, and
when he resisted to accept the
large
salary
of
$25000.
Washington chose that he wanted
an image of a selfless civil servant
and did not want to receive such a
large sum of money. Congress
refused, saying all successors
would have to follow the rule of no
salary which would force only rich
men to become president. Finally,
Washington regretfully accepted
the salary, demonstrating he is
striving to become a selfless civil
servant.
Finally, Washington regretfully accepted
the
salary,
demonstrating
he is striving
to become a
selfless
civil
George Washington
servant.
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Super quiz
Score 1 point for each correct answer on the
Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate
Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
A: We want our
State that Amendment
Constitution Tree
Government in Shape of a Tree
by Robert Eng
Chief Analyst
In a recent research development, Analyst
Robert Eng through careful study, has found
the new government created by the Constitution
resembles a tree of some sort. The new concept
of a Constitution Tree is enthralling to some
and teachers are adopting this idea as an art
project. The main idea is the tree is the
Constitution. Then there are three branches,
one for each of the three branches of
government. On the leaves of the tree are the
details about that branch. The roots of the tree
represent
the
influences
and
different
documents that the US government was
influenced from. Then a dead branch would
represent the recently failed Articles of
Confederation. Different add-ons like something
hanging on the tree would symbolize the Bill of
Rights or the ratification process described in
the Constitution. Overall, this idea was brilliant,
and is a great way to learn about the
Constitution.
Which amendment is it describing? (e.g.,
Freedom of speech, freedom of press.
Answer: “First Amendment.”)
Freshman Level
1.
Right to bear arms.
2.
No unreasonable searches or seizures.
3.
Right to trial by jury.
Graduate Level
4.
No excessive bail or cruel or unusual
punishment.
5.
No double jeopardy.
6.
Right to counsel.
Ph.D. Level
7.
A person can not be denied life, liberty,
or property without due process of law.
8.
Writ of Habeas Corpus.
9.
Voting age at 18.
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September 26, 1789
The Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner,
nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or
in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in
any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an
impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which
district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defense.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of
trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any
court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or
disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
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The Constitution
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.
Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of
Representatives.
Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the
electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. No person shall be a
Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not,
when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several
states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number
of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual
Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of
ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each
state shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse
three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight,
Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the
Representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives
shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and
each Senator shall have one vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally
as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class
at the expiration of the fourth year, and the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one third may be chosen every second year; and
if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary
appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that
state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be
equally divided. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he
shall exercise the office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that
purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no person shall
be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to
removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States: but the party convicted
shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.
Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature
thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators. The Congress shall
assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section 5. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members,
in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its
members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings,
and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of
either House on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. Neither House, during the session of
Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses
shall be sitting.
Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury
of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at
the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not
be questioned in any other place. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office
under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time:
and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.
Section 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as
on other Bills. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the
President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that
House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and
if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not
be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. Every order, resolution, or
vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be
presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,
shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common
defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow
money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To
establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin money, regulate
the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities
and current coin of the United States; To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for
limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the
Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; To declare war,
grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; To raise and support armies, but no appropriation
of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years; To provide and maintain a navy; To make rules for the government and regulation
of the land and naval forces; To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the
United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the
discipline prescribed by Congress; To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as
Crusader’s Chronicle
September 26, 1789
International News:
The French
Revolution Begins
by Robert Eng
Overseas Reporter
Paris, July 14, 1789. Paris is
consumed in riots and mobs
and the sky is darkened with
the smoke billowing from the
widespread fires being set. The
angry peasants of France who
were deprived of rights by the
king and could not even buy a
loaf of bread storm the symbolic
Bastille, a prison. The Bastille
represents the tyranny of the
king and queen, Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette. It is also a
place where
the
lowly
peasants can
loot
gunpowder
and weapons.
By
the
afternoon, the
fortress had
fallen and the
small
count
of
seven
prisoners was
released.
With a cease
fire in place,
the mob still The Bastille of Paris
went and
massacred the important leaders such as Governor Marquis
Bernard de Launay, and Mayor Jacques de Flesselles.
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