 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 gen. court - 1881 - 462 sider
...be established by law. [See Amendmonts, Article XI.] ATVT. IV. The people of this Commonwealth hare 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. General Court - 1882 - 466 sider
...be established by law. [See Amendments, Article XL] AP.T. ГУ. 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... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1886 - 266 sider
...declaration: "The people of this state being, by the providence of God, free and independent, having 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... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1887 - 262 sider
...declaration: " The people of this state being, by the providence of God, free and independent, having 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... | |
 | Charles A. O'Neil - 1887 - 316 sider
...States. The Massachusetts constitution of 1/80 declares that the people of that " commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State," * with certain limitations there laid down. This language is similar to that in the " Articles of Confederation... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1888 - 526 sider
...denomination to another shall ever be established by law.J ART. 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. General Court - 1889 - 528 sider
...denomination to another shall ever be established by law.] ART. 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... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1889 - 40 sider
...or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. ART. 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... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1890 - 370 sider
...declaration: "The people of this state being, by the providence of God, free and independent, having the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and having ORIGIN OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS. 33 from their ancestors derived a free and excellent constitution... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1891 - 852 sider
...government as the constitution of government." In this very bill of rights the people are deflared "to have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves,...free, sovereign, and independent State;" and that » Locke on Government, B. 2, ch. 8, §§ 95 to 100 ; ch. 19, §§ 212, 220, 226, 240, 243 ; 1 Wilson's... | |
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