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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... submit that that example is worth very little ; and it is worth less when you take into consideration the fact that the old Constitution was adopted under the old confederation , and when amendments were afterwards made , to make the ...
... submit that that example is worth very little ; and it is worth less when you take into consideration the fact that the old Constitution was adopted under the old confederation , and when amendments were afterwards made , to make the ...
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... submit , there lies back a hid- den and unexplored power , the depths of which no man's judgment or forecast can conceive . If the troops of the State , when called into the ser- vice of the United States , are to lose entirely their ...
... submit , there lies back a hid- den and unexplored power , the depths of which no man's judgment or forecast can conceive . If the troops of the State , when called into the ser- vice of the United States , are to lose entirely their ...
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... submitted . It is quite possible that a vote upon the pending question may be taken before the time named by the gen ... submit myself . Nearly a week has elapsed since it was pre- sented to this body and ordered to be printed , and ...
... submitted . It is quite possible that a vote upon the pending question may be taken before the time named by the gen ... submit myself . Nearly a week has elapsed since it was pre- sented to this body and ordered to be printed , and ...
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... submit - I put it rather in the form of an appeal to the gentleman from Natick to allow his motion to lie upon the table for the present . It has been well said that , under the circumstances of the heat , and the state of the weather ...
... submit - I put it rather in the form of an appeal to the gentleman from Natick to allow his motion to lie upon the table for the present . It has been well said that , under the circumstances of the heat , and the state of the weather ...
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... submitting his prop- BRIGGS - DAWES . DAWES . Tuesday , ] DAWES. Tuesday , ] [ June 21st . to submit , which they feel ought to be incorpo- rated in the Constitution as a guide to future legislation , but which they cannot , because of ...
... submitting his prop- BRIGGS - DAWES . DAWES . Tuesday , ] DAWES. Tuesday , ] [ June 21st . to submit , which they feel ought to be incorpo- rated in the Constitution as a guide to future legislation , but which they cannot , because of ...
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