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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... principle at the very foundation of our govern- ment , that representation and taxation should go together . What do gentlemen propose ? That none but legal voters shall be reckoned as the basis of representation ? Will they say that ...
... principle at the very foundation of our govern- ment , that representation and taxation should go together . What do gentlemen propose ? That none but legal voters shall be reckoned as the basis of representation ? Will they say that ...
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... principles of democratic institutions . I come , then , Sir , to the conclusion , that I know of no American doctrine , which is not based upon this principle of independence ; and when we speak of the people in a constitutional or in a ...
... principles of democratic institutions . I come , then , Sir , to the conclusion , that I know of no American doctrine , which is not based upon this principle of independence ; and when we speak of the people in a constitutional or in a ...
Side 121
... principle somewhat new in New England , it is not a new principle in demo- cratic States . I find , by a cursory review of the constitutions of several of the States , that it has been a settled a principle in most of them , from the ...
... principle somewhat new in New England , it is not a new principle in demo- cratic States . I find , by a cursory review of the constitutions of several of the States , that it has been a settled a principle in most of them , from the ...
Side 122
... principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the machinery of the majority prin- ciple - a machinery which does not enable the constituencies of the several counties to elect their ...
... principle , yet , in fact , we have a minority government , and that , too , under the operation of the machinery of the majority prin- ciple - a machinery which does not enable the constituencies of the several counties to elect their ...
Side 125
... principle this would be , to have a man elected who only received two votes . Now , I wish to apply the argument to the majority principle . Suppose there was a town of twenty - one inhabi- tants , and nineteen of them were candidates ...
... principle this would be , to have a man elected who only received two votes . Now , I wish to apply the argument to the majority principle . Suppose there was a town of twenty - one inhabi- tants , and nineteen of them were candidates ...
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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