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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... Constitution as an exceedingly good substitute , comprising , as it does , in four or five lines , what occupied a whole page in the Constitution . But I think the proviso to that article ought to be re- tained ; I move , therefore , to ...
... Constitution as an exceedingly good substitute , comprising , as it does , in four or five lines , what occupied a whole page in the Constitution . But I think the proviso to that article ought to be re- tained ; I move , therefore , to ...
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... Constitution in respect to all other matters , the same minute . details which you have carried out respecting the militia , how large a Constitution would you have ? You are filling the Constitution with pro- visions which properly ...
... Constitution in respect to all other matters , the same minute . details which you have carried out respecting the militia , how large a Constitution would you have ? You are filling the Constitution with pro- visions which properly ...
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... Constitution and laws of the United States . Why , Sir , what is this power ? At the time when this Constitution was first formed the military power was considered a most important branch of the government ; not only most im- portant ...
... Constitution and laws of the United States . Why , Sir , what is this power ? At the time when this Constitution was first formed the military power was considered a most important branch of the government ; not only most im- portant ...
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... Constitution and laws of this State were supposed to come in conflict with the Constitution of the United States was this ; not whether the army should pass into the hands of the president of the United States when occasion required it ...
... Constitution and laws of this State were supposed to come in conflict with the Constitution of the United States was this ; not whether the army should pass into the hands of the president of the United States when occasion required it ...
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... Constitution upon the subject should be suf- fered to remain as they are . I know , Sir , that there is something of detail there - there is some- thing like a repetition of language — it is not , per- haps , as succinct or stated with ...
... Constitution upon the subject should be suf- fered to remain as they are . I know , Sir , that there is something of detail there - there is some- thing like a repetition of language — it is not , per- haps , as succinct or stated with ...
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