 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 - 1900 - 930 sider
...be established by law.] ыънеа. IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole ^If^of »eif 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 - 1901 - 330 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... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1901 - 614 sider
...ever be established by law.] ART. IV. ,The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusivo 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... | |
 | George Hill Evans, William Hugh Mitchell - 1902 - 332 sider
...the same state as if this constitution had not been made. [ART.] 7 th . 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... | |
 | 1918 - 80 sider
...strike out the 2d section of the article which read as follows : "That the people of this State have the exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent State; of altering or abolishing their form of government; and they may, do, and forever hereafter shall,... | |
 | 1908 - 508 sider
...constitution of Massachusetts and in 1784 that of New Hampshire. "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 not,... | |
 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - 1921 - 282 sider
...CONNECTICUT 1 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... | |
 | Sir Frederick Maurice - 1925 - 354 sider
...the South, declares in the preamble to her Constitution that the people of that 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 not... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1973 - 360 sider
...470 (1893). The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 provided, "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 not,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations - 1973 - 360 sider
...470 (1893). The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 provided, "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 not,... | |
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