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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... hundred representatives as a town of one thousand inhabitants was entitled to one . I agree with the gentleman there . The mistake is in attempting to give representation to the town itself , to the lifeless inanimate corporation , and ...
... hundred representatives as a town of one thousand inhabitants was entitled to one . I agree with the gentleman there . The mistake is in attempting to give representation to the town itself , to the lifeless inanimate corporation , and ...
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... hundred years , two hundred years and even two hundred and seventeen years , to 1636 , arm in arm with my progressive friend who rep- resents Erving , groping around the musty re- cords of that day to find out what was then the theory ...
... hundred years , two hundred years and even two hundred and seventeen years , to 1636 , arm in arm with my progressive friend who rep- resents Erving , groping around the musty re- cords of that day to find out what was then the theory ...
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... hundred years the towns have rejoiced in town representation- that it has become a part of their nature , and a part of their policy , and therefore we must adhere to that precise and exact state of things . This is the reason they give ...
... hundred years the towns have rejoiced in town representation- that it has become a part of their nature , and a part of their policy , and therefore we must adhere to that precise and exact state of things . This is the reason they give ...
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... hundred and forty mil- lions of pounds sterling - much more than the whole civil list of Great Britain . We have ... hundred and forty thousand . Now , I admit that we should not ask for one hundred and forty times as many ...
... hundred and forty mil- lions of pounds sterling - much more than the whole civil list of Great Britain . We have ... hundred and forty thousand . Now , I admit that we should not ask for one hundred and forty times as many ...
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... hundred and fifty members , although I would not turn pale at the prospect of three hundred and fifty . I think that too large is a better defect than too small . I would rather have a House that is cumbrous than one that is corruptible ...
... hundred and fifty members , although I would not turn pale at the prospect of three hundred and fifty . I think that too large is a better defect than too small . I would rather have a House that is cumbrous than one that is corruptible ...
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