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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... remarks made in the discussion of this question , one would naturally suppose that our volunteer militia , in case of war , would be ordered out as they now exist as com- panies . This would not be the fact . It was not so in the war ...
... remarks made in the discussion of this question , one would naturally suppose that our volunteer militia , in case of war , would be ordered out as they now exist as com- panies . This would not be the fact . It was not so in the war ...
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... remarks upon this , to me , very delicate subject , for I have made several attempts in the way of speaking upon it , and , to use a common phrase , always " got my foot in it . " But I am constrained to make another at- tempt ...
... remarks upon this , to me , very delicate subject , for I have made several attempts in the way of speaking upon it , and , to use a common phrase , always " got my foot in it . " But I am constrained to make another at- tempt ...
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... remarks - an outbreak which dishonored our Commonwealth . And it must be evident to every man that such a force is necessary for the protection and the preservation of the peace of the Commonwealth . We have in this State , a militia ...
... remarks - an outbreak which dishonored our Commonwealth . And it must be evident to every man that such a force is necessary for the protection and the preservation of the peace of the Commonwealth . We have in this State , a militia ...
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... remarks of the gentle- man from Pittsfield , they so perfectly coincide with my own views . But there is one consider- ation as to the course taken in discussion in Com- mittee of the Whole , which I think he has omit- ed . As I ...
... remarks of the gentle- man from Pittsfield , they so perfectly coincide with my own views . But there is one consider- ation as to the course taken in discussion in Com- mittee of the Whole , which I think he has omit- ed . As I ...
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... remarks of the gentle- man from Pittsfield , and I do not think that gen- tleman or any other member of this body can say on his conscience , that there has been the slight- est attempt to stifle the debate upon any question that is or ...
... remarks of the gentle- man from Pittsfield , and I do not think that gen- tleman or any other member of this body can say on his conscience , that there has been the slight- est attempt to stifle the debate upon any question that is or ...
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