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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... seems to me . I like the change proposed , and I doubt whether the Report of the Committee can be made more perfect . The seventh article in the Constitution is copied from the Charter of 1692. It is a long article ; there is very much ...
... seems to me . I like the change proposed , and I doubt whether the Report of the Committee can be made more perfect . The seventh article in the Constitution is copied from the Charter of 1692. It is a long article ; there is very much ...
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... seems to me there can be no reasonable objection to a clause of that kind . It is simply saying that the citizen soldiery of this Commonwealth shall not be obliged to go out of the limits of the Com- monwealth except by their own ...
... seems to me there can be no reasonable objection to a clause of that kind . It is simply saying that the citizen soldiery of this Commonwealth shall not be obliged to go out of the limits of the Com- monwealth except by their own ...
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... seems to me that , if the subject of the militia is to be em- bodied in the Constitution at all , so much of that organization as is covered by this article could not be better expressed , nor more safely limited than it is in the exact ...
... seems to me that , if the subject of the militia is to be em- bodied in the Constitution at all , so much of that organization as is covered by this article could not be better expressed , nor more safely limited than it is in the exact ...
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... seems to It seems to me , that it is altogether premature to make a mo- tion of that kind in the present stage of the dis- cussion . For myself , I am opposed to it . I think we had better wait a day or two and see what progress will be ...
... seems to It seems to me , that it is altogether premature to make a mo- tion of that kind in the present stage of the dis- cussion . For myself , I am opposed to it . I think we had better wait a day or two and see what progress will be ...
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... seems to me that eight days spent in the consideration of this subject of the IIouse of Representatives , is sufficient time to have it perfectly understood in | all its aspects by every member of the body . I do not wish to be ...
... seems to me that eight days spent in the consideration of this subject of the IIouse of Representatives , is sufficient time to have it perfectly understood in | all its aspects by every member of the body . I do not wish to be ...
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