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 Massachusetts, Volume 2White & Potter, printers, 1853 - 2631 pages |
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... Commonwealth , if they are com- pelled to vote affirmatively upon a military prop- osition , will be given against the Constitution . They cannot , consistently , be given for such a proposition as this , and it might jeopardize the ...
... Commonwealth , if they are com- pelled to vote affirmatively upon a military prop- osition , will be given against the Constitution . They cannot , consistently , be given for such a proposition as this , and it might jeopardize the ...
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... Commonwealth is a command- er , and upon every one of these limitations every man , so far as his own conduct and action is con- cerned , is equal , if not superior , to the governor himself . Let me ask the attention of the gentle- man ...
... Commonwealth is a command- er , and upon every one of these limitations every man , so far as his own conduct and action is con- cerned , is equal , if not superior , to the governor himself . Let me ask the attention of the gentle- man ...
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... Commonwealth- by sending him into another Commonwealth to suppress insurrection or repel invasion . There is no necessity for either of these changes - cer- tainly not for the change proposed by the gentle- man from Boston , and I trust ...
... Commonwealth- by sending him into another Commonwealth to suppress insurrection or repel invasion . There is no necessity for either of these changes - cer- tainly not for the change proposed by the gentle- man from Boston , and I trust ...
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... Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston , 26th May , 1846. " I suppose if there had been any reason found on which to criticize severely this proclamation , it grew out of the fact that the party to which the governor belonged , in the ...
... Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston , 26th May , 1846. " I suppose if there had been any reason found on which to criticize severely this proclamation , it grew out of the fact that the party to which the governor belonged , in the ...
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... Commonwealth , as adjutant - general . IIe then had the entire charge of the military affairs of the State , and in the performance of his official duty issued a circular to the officers of the various companies within the limits of the ...
... Commonwealth , as adjutant - general . IIe then had the entire charge of the military affairs of the State , and in the performance of his official duty issued a circular to the officers of the various companies within the limits of the ...
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