Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention: Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsWhite & Potter, printers, 1853 |
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... body may ad- journ to some other place of meeting , or after ap- pointing their committees , may adjourn to meet at some future day . So we may . But upon re- ference to the course pursued by the Convention of 1820 , it will be seen ...
... body may ad- journ to some other place of meeting , or after ap- pointing their committees , may adjourn to meet at some future day . So we may . But upon re- ference to the course pursued by the Convention of 1820 , it will be seen ...
Side 8
... body or a popular assembly ? We are here , clearly , as the representatives of the whole people — a committee ; appointed by them to prepare a frame of govern- ment to be submitted to them . And , Mr. Presi- dent , we are not to prepare ...
... body or a popular assembly ? We are here , clearly , as the representatives of the whole people — a committee ; appointed by them to prepare a frame of govern- ment to be submitted to them . And , Mr. Presi- dent , we are not to prepare ...
Side 12
... body , I should regard it as not the sort of influence most favorable to a wise reconstruction of the organic laws of this government . I do not deny that many associations are connected with the room in which wise and patriotic men ...
... body , I should regard it as not the sort of influence most favorable to a wise reconstruction of the organic laws of this government . I do not deny that many associations are connected with the room in which wise and patriotic men ...
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... body or in the other , if we do not adjourn over to a future time . Then , Sir , if that legislature should continue in ses- sion until 1854 , when would this Convention ever meet ? But is it true that we should disfranchise these towns ...
... body or in the other , if we do not adjourn over to a future time . Then , Sir , if that legislature should continue in ses- sion until 1854 , when would this Convention ever meet ? But is it true that we should disfranchise these towns ...
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... body , but as a witness and spec- tator of its proceedings . This hall was differently arranged from what it now is . There was a gal- lery extending around three sides of it . The Speaker's chair was situated upon the southern side of ...
... body , but as a witness and spec- tator of its proceedings . This hall was differently arranged from what it now is . There was a gal- lery extending around three sides of it . The Speaker's chair was situated upon the southern side of ...
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Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State ..., Volumer 1-2 Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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Abington adjourn adopted agree appointed argument ballot believe body BUTLER called Chairman Charlestown Committee Commonwealth Commonwealth of Massachusetts consider Constitution as relates Convention Council court debate Dedham delegates desire districts duties ELECTIONS BY PLURALITY expedient Fall River favor Freetown gentleman from Boston gentleman from Lowell governor hall HALLETT Haverhill hope House of Representatives inhabitants KEYES lature legal voters legislative legislature lieutenant-governor Lowell Institute majority principle majority system matter meet ment mittee Monday MORTON motion Natick North Brookfield number of votes o'clock oath officers opinion pardoning party persons Pittsfield plurality system Plymouth present President proposed proposition question reason referred regard Report representation resolution Resolved rule SCHOULER seems Senate session stitution submitted suppose taken Taunton tion tleman town of Berlin town of Walpole United vacancy vention whole Wilbraham WILSON wish word