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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... thing as this . The Constitution knows no way in which the people can take a power from the legislature , but by acting directly on the Constitution itself , and amending it . It knows nothing about enactments , or decrees , or ordi ...
... thing as this . The Constitution knows no way in which the people can take a power from the legislature , but by acting directly on the Constitution itself , and amending it . It knows nothing about enactments , or decrees , or ordi ...
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... thing that they did not think of . As the Act passed the Senate , it provided for the vote to be given on the first Monday in March , without saying anything about the character of the meet- ings to be held on that day . The Judiciary ...
... thing that they did not think of . As the Act passed the Senate , it provided for the vote to be given on the first Monday in March , without saying anything about the character of the meet- ings to be held on that day . The Judiciary ...
Side 70
... thing which our fathers well understood , but which their sons seem to have frittered away in technical refine- ments , and special pleading to foreclose the rights of the people , and almost forgotten - it is the peaceful exercise of ...
... thing which our fathers well understood , but which their sons seem to have frittered away in technical refine- ments , and special pleading to foreclose the rights of the people , and almost forgotten - it is the peaceful exercise of ...
Side 80
... thing . I am aware , Sr , that such a disregard of the will of the people might justify a resort to force ; but that is another thing . As a law upon the statute book , having the force and vigor of a law upon the statute book , and no ...
... thing . I am aware , Sr , that such a disregard of the will of the people might justify a resort to force ; but that is another thing . As a law upon the statute book , having the force and vigor of a law upon the statute book , and no ...
Side 88
... thing . Nobody can touch it . That is his proposition . These , Sir , are the three grounds upon which the propo- sition is attempted to be maintained . Now , Sir , there are two or three general con- siderations , to which I desire to ...
... thing . Nobody can touch it . That is his proposition . These , Sir , are the three grounds upon which the propo- sition is attempted to be maintained . Now , Sir , there are two or three general con- siderations , to which I desire to ...
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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