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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Side 121
... principle upon which this Report is based , is mainly that of expediency . Our ex- perience for the last ten years ... majority shall govern , and that it lies at the foundation of our government . But suppose that a majority will not ...
... principle upon which this Report is based , is mainly that of expediency . Our ex- perience for the last ten years ... majority shall govern , and that it lies at the foundation of our government . But suppose that a majority will not ...
Side 122
... majority principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the ... majority to rule be a fixed principle then , a law of our natures , ought we to violate it ? That is a question on which ...
... majority principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the ... majority to rule be a fixed principle then , a law of our natures , ought we to violate it ? That is a question on which ...
Side 123
... principle , that in case of repeated trials , the candidate who is finally elected receives less votes than he did on ... majority principle is maintained ? We will not call names here , Sir , but I think we may find a State not far from ...
... principle , that in case of repeated trials , the candidate who is finally elected receives less votes than he did on ... majority principle is maintained ? We will not call names here , Sir , but I think we may find a State not far from ...
Side 124
... majority principle on the other hand , gives a man his full power ; under it his vote always tells , and he feels he has a voice in the government of the State . Allow me , Sir , still further to show the nature of the plurality ...
... majority principle on the other hand , gives a man his full power ; under it his vote always tells , and he feels he has a voice in the government of the State . Allow me , Sir , still further to show the nature of the plurality ...
Side 125
... principle of plural- ity , and he supposes a case , that in a town of twenty - one voters nineteen of them should be ... majority just as much as upon the plu- rality in the case to which the gentleman has referred ? It is merely adding ...
... principle of plural- ity , and he supposes a case , that in a town of twenty - one voters nineteen of them should be ... majority just as much as upon the plu- rality in the case to which the gentleman has referred ? It is merely adding ...
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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