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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... party or the whig party , no matter what name you choose to call it by , has had to suffer for carrying out democratic doctrine a little too honestly . Mr. BRADFORD , of Essex . The gentleman from North Brookfield has defended the chair ...
... party or the whig party , no matter what name you choose to call it by , has had to suffer for carrying out democratic doctrine a little too honestly . Mr. BRADFORD , of Essex . The gentleman from North Brookfield has defended the chair ...
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... party " to that judge who gave the decision , but perhaps it is none the less true that he was a traitor to the democratic party and also to New England , by that decision , and also for his decision in the celebrated Prigg case . But ...
... party " to that judge who gave the decision , but perhaps it is none the less true that he was a traitor to the democratic party and also to New England , by that decision , and also for his decision in the celebrated Prigg case . But ...
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... party in this Convention ; " that in coming here I " had laid aside all party feeling , and that I had dis- avowed all allegiance to the requirements or exactions of any political party . ” Perhaps , Sir , it may be too late for me now ...
... party in this Convention ; " that in coming here I " had laid aside all party feeling , and that I had dis- avowed all allegiance to the requirements or exactions of any political party . ” Perhaps , Sir , it may be too late for me now ...
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... party which has been denounced upon this floor , as opposed to all reform in the present Constitution , stood pledged , and for which every member of that party voted , both in the House and the Senate . And , Sir , every member of that ...
... party which has been denounced upon this floor , as opposed to all reform in the present Constitution , stood pledged , and for which every member of that party voted , both in the House and the Senate . And , Sir , every member of that ...
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... party to which I belong has heretofore been in favor of the plurality system , although in 1845 the members of that party in both branches of the legislature voted for the adoption of that principle ; although the same was true in 1848 ...
... party to which I belong has heretofore been in favor of the plurality system , although in 1845 the members of that party in both branches of the legislature voted for the adoption of that principle ; although the same was true in 1848 ...
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