 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
 | Arthur Ogle - 2000 - 608 sider
...which, let us run over most of the state constitutions. JVeto Hampshire. " The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign and independent state. Every subject of this state. In the government-of this state. The people inhabiting the territory formerly... | |
 | John Adams - 2001 - 766 sider
...religious belief, including the Catholic on one side, and the 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, Deist on the other; and,... | |
 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 sider
...distributing powers between the states and a joint federal government: 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... | |
 | Edward W. Walker - 2003 - 220 sider
...passage from the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: "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 shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 sider
...MAKING." The Massachusetts declaration of rights therefore said: "The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state. ... In fine, the people of this Commonwealth are not controllable by any other laws than those to which... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 260 sider
...public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship.... N. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and inde“equal.” The language of this article, as reported, is nearly the same with that of the £rst... | |
 | Robert W. Pelton - 2004 - 292 sider
...the General's obstinacy. Quotable Quote: "The people of this State ...by the Providence of God hath the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State. " Heroic Deed: Refused an offer of amnesty from British Governor Gage in June 1775. Little Known Fact:... | |
 | Robert E. Shalhope - 2004 - 220 sider
...composed a draft constitution for Massachusetts, he declared that “the people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state.” 3 Several years later Ezra Stiles observed that the Confederation government was never intended to... | |
 | Brinton Coxe - 2005 - 434 sider
...constitution in the world, provides in its Part I., Article 4, that '' The people of this common" wealth 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... | |
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