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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... fact , containing about as many heads as an ancient sermon , although it certainly does not preach modern gospel . For myself , I am , with a very large class of people in the Common- wealth , opposed to any military legislation ; but ...
... fact , containing about as many heads as an ancient sermon , although it certainly does not preach modern gospel . For myself , I am , with a very large class of people in the Common- wealth , opposed to any military legislation ; but ...
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... fact , except the elec- tion of major - general , is now regulated by law ; and you plead the example of the old Constitu- tion . I submit that that example is worth very little ; and it is worth less when you take into consideration the ...
... fact , except the elec- tion of major - general , is now regulated by law ; and you plead the example of the old Constitu- tion . I submit that that example is worth very little ; and it is worth less when you take into consideration the ...
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... fact , and therefore ought to be embodied in the Constitution . Let me now say a word in regard to the amend- ment proposed by the gentleman from Essex . The proviso is of itself unnecessary , because , truly considered , every ...
... fact , and therefore ought to be embodied in the Constitution . Let me now say a word in regard to the amend- ment proposed by the gentleman from Essex . The proviso is of itself unnecessary , because , truly considered , every ...
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... fact was that the only good the military did was , that after the riot was ended , they shot down some twenty or thirty innocent persons . Mr. BANKS . If the gentleman will permit me , I will correct him in one particular . I did not ...
... fact was that the only good the military did was , that after the riot was ended , they shot down some twenty or thirty innocent persons . Mr. BANKS . If the gentleman will permit me , I will correct him in one particular . I did not ...
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... fact , according to admissions on all hands , and on all sides , the great question of this Convention . It is a subject over which no individual in this body can sleep . If we feel any interest at all in any one subject that can come ...
... fact , according to admissions on all hands , and on all sides , the great question of this Convention . It is a subject over which no individual in this body can sleep . If we feel any interest at all in any one subject that can come ...
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