 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
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 688 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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 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 forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 158 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 slate ; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 sider
...l am night of self- jYc THE people of this commonwealth have the sole and government se- xr cured. 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... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1854 - 712 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, and do, and forever hereafter shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right pertaining thereto,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1854 - 170 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 for ever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is... | |
 | Edwin Azro Charlton - 1857 - 624 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, and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right pertaining... | |
 | 1861 - 420 sider
...declaring to the world the democratically opposite doctrine, that "The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign and independent state." By our form of government, we are shut up to the necessity of educating the whole people ; and any... | |
 | California State Teachers' Institute - 1861 - 498 sider
...declaration of Charles the First, in the following words : '* The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State." A section of the Massachusetts Colony Laws of sixteen hundred and !forty-two, reads as follows: negligent... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1862 - 888 sider
...is as follows:—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... | |
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