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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... system be adopted . Why , Sir , as to that , there would be fewer ballotings if we were to provide that officers ... majority , and not be compelled to do it by a plu- rality . But it has been said , and it is one of the strong- est ...
... system be adopted . Why , Sir , as to that , there would be fewer ballotings if we were to provide that officers ... majority , and not be compelled to do it by a plu- rality . But it has been said , and it is one of the strong- est ...
Side 124
... majority rule , is that it is a sound democratic doc- trine . It gives every man his full power , so that a man may ... system ? A man may be of some consequence by his vote , or he may not . It will depend upon circumstances . If he ...
... majority rule , is that it is a sound democratic doc- trine . It gives every man his full power , so that a man may ... system ? A man may be of some consequence by his vote , or he may not . It will depend upon circumstances . If he ...
Side 125
... system is the best system which we can adopt . As the gentleman from Fall River has shown , this system represents the majority of the people more nearly , and has for the last ten years , than the majority system . Let us look , for in ...
... system is the best system which we can adopt . As the gentleman from Fall River has shown , this system represents the majority of the people more nearly , and has for the last ten years , than the majority system . Let us look , for in ...
Side 126
... majority to elect , by and by we may find ourselves in that situation in which the ship of state will be foundered ... system , and if you ar „ ue against its sality or expediency upon those suppositions , you may argue down any ...
... majority to elect , by and by we may find ourselves in that situation in which the ship of state will be foundered ... system , and if you ar „ ue against its sality or expediency upon those suppositions , you may argue down any ...
Side 127
... majority system was the system of the Revolution ; and it may have been con- quered , for ought I know , in the battles of the Revolution . It was then held to be somewhat sacred . But it shows the downward tendency of opinion , and the ...
... majority system was the system of the Revolution ; and it may have been con- quered , for ought I know , in the battles of the Revolution . It was then held to be somewhat sacred . But it shows the downward tendency of opinion , and the ...
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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