 the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state;' and that ' they have an incontcstible, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when...  American Quarterly Review - Side 333redigert av - 1838Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Member of the bar - 1834 - 44 sider
...constitution in 1818. ' The people of this State, being by the Providence of God free and independent, have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves...as a free, sovereign, and independent State ; and having from their ancestors derived a free and excellent constitution of government, whereby the legislature... | |
 | Isaac Goodwin - 1834 - 382 sider
...denomination to another shall ever be established by law. * IV. The People of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves...as a free, sovereign, and independent State ; and do, and for ever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 sider
...249. M'Cauley's Hist. NY 231, 2. April, 1777. In Massachusetts. "The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state, and for ever hereafter shall exercise 11 and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not or... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1840 - 460 sider
...announced, in clear terms, in the Constitution of Massachusetts : " The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent, State." Now, it might be thought, that, even on the theory of government which Charles sealed with his blood,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1840 - 440 sider
...announced, in clear terms, in the Constitution of Massachusetts: " The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent, State." Now, it might be thought, that, even on the theory of government which Charles sealed with his blood,... | |
 | 1841 - 460 sider
...or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. 4. The people of the commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves,...as a free, sovereign, and independent State : and do, and for ever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 sider
...or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. 4. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State: and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 sider
...was declared, " The people of this state, being by the providence of God free and independent, have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and having from their ancestors derived a free and excellent constitution of government, whereby the legislature... | |
 | 1852 - 680 sider
...and be in the same state, as if this Constitution had not been made. 7. The people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; NEW HAMPSHIRE. 49 and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 572 sider
...denomination to another shall ever be established by law. ART. 4. The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent State ; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
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