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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... alter or totally change their form of government . " That is what I want to know . I want to know whether the people of this Com- monwealth , when they assembled in 1820 , and chose certain delegates who framed certain amend- ments of ...
... alter or totally change their form of government . " That is what I want to know . I want to know whether the people of this Com- monwealth , when they assembled in 1820 , and chose certain delegates who framed certain amend- ments of ...
Side 69
... alter , or totally change the same , when their protection , safety , prosperity and happiness require it . " What does that mean ? Why , Sir , that having instituted it , they have no less the power and right to alter , change or ...
... alter , or totally change the same , when their protection , safety , prosperity and happiness require it . " What does that mean ? Why , Sir , that having instituted it , they have no less the power and right to alter , change or ...
Side 70
... alter that government . " [ Federalist , No. 40. ] A right distinctly recognized by the de- ceased statesman I have ... alter the mode in which the existing laws provide that certain persons should be voted for . I agree , Sir , that ...
... alter that government . " [ Federalist , No. 40. ] A right distinctly recognized by the de- ceased statesman I have ... alter the mode in which the existing laws provide that certain persons should be voted for . I agree , Sir , that ...
Side 71
... alter or amend that law . " Upon that question the justices of the supreme court delivered an opinion , which is not very long , and which I will read , with the permission of the Convention . It covers the very question be- fore us ...
... alter or amend that law . " Upon that question the justices of the supreme court delivered an opinion , which is not very long , and which I will read , with the permission of the Convention . It covers the very question be- fore us ...
Side 72
... alter the rule of representation , it can repeal the law altogether , and thus defeat a measure which has been willed by a higher power . A change in the fundamental law , when rot made in the form which that law has prescribed , must ...
... alter the rule of representation , it can repeal the law altogether , and thus defeat a measure which has been willed by a higher power . A change in the fundamental law , when rot made in the form which that law has prescribed , must ...
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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