Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Held in the Year 1788, and which Finally Ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by Authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856W. White, printer to the commonwealth, 1856 - 442 sider |
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... ment and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time . No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them ...
... ment and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time . No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them ...
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... States , shall be removed from office on impeach- ment for , and conviction of , treason , bribery , or other high crimes and misdemeanors . ARTICLE III . JUDICIARY POWER . SECT . 1. The 10 [ 1787 . PROPOSED CONSTITUTION .
... States , shall be removed from office on impeach- ment for , and conviction of , treason , bribery , or other high crimes and misdemeanors . ARTICLE III . JUDICIARY POWER . SECT . 1. The 10 [ 1787 . PROPOSED CONSTITUTION .
Side 63
... ment was made , not by any fixed principle , but by a compro- mise . These reasons not being satisfactory , a motion was made on the part of Massachusetts , for increasing her number of representatives , but it did not take effect . I ...
... ment was made , not by any fixed principle , but by a compro- mise . These reasons not being satisfactory , a motion was made on the part of Massachusetts , for increasing her number of representatives , but it did not take effect . I ...
Side 67
... ment we adopt , for we are not far removed from a state of slavery . I shall only add , Sir , that I have subjoined a state of facts , founded on doc- WEDNESDAY , January 23 , 1788 . Met according to 1788. ] 67 JOURNAL OF CONVENTION .
... ment we adopt , for we are not far removed from a state of slavery . I shall only add , Sir , that I have subjoined a state of facts , founded on doc- WEDNESDAY , January 23 , 1788 . Met according to 1788. ] 67 JOURNAL OF CONVENTION .
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... ment being put , passed in the negative . The first motion was then withdrawn by the leave of the Convention . Adjourned to Thursday morning , 9 o'clock . member from Dracut , arose , and said , that he considered this a violation of ...
... ment being put , passed in the negative . The first motion was then withdrawn by the leave of the Convention . Adjourned to Thursday morning , 9 o'clock . member from Dracut , arose , and said , that he considered this a violation of ...
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Side 9 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Side 251 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Side 16 - Resolved, — That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Side 68 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens, and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes, in each State.
Side 348 - I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them it is so far error. Steele, a Protestant, in a dedication tells the pope, that the only difference between our two churches in their opinions of the certainty of their doctrine, is, the Romish church is infallible, and the Church of England is never in the wrong.
Side 17 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Side 348 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise.
Side 22 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Side 16 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the general government of the Union...
Side 349 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.