| Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 страница
...shall ever be established by law. IV. The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and ex^ , elusive right of governing themselves, as a Free, Sovereign,...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| 1828 - 494 страница
...law: and no suhordination of any sect or denomination to another shall ever he estahlished hy law. 4. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and...free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and for ever hereafter shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1832 - 276 страница
...subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. IV.—THE people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 страница
...of government, established in 1784, ia founded on these two grand principles, viz. That " the people have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State; exercising and enjoymg every power, jurisdiction and right pertaining thereto, which is not, or may... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 страница
...subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. IV. — THE people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| Joseph Story - 1833 - 540 страница
...government, as the constitution of government." In this very bill of rights, the people are declared " to have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves,...as a free, sovereign, and independent state"; and that "they have an incontestible, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and... | |
| Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 страница
...or granted by them." 1 Rev. Laws, 249. M'Cauley's Hist. NY 231, 2. April, 1777. In Massachusetts. " The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and...themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state, and for ever hereafter shall exercise 11 and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not or... | |
| Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 страница
...from, or granted by them." 1 Rev. Laws, 249. M'Cauley's Hist. NY 231, 2. April, 1777. In Massachusetts. "The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and...themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state, and for ever hereafter shall exercise 11 and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not or... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1888 - 576 страница
...government, as the constitution of government.' In this very bill of rights, the people are declared ' to have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state;' and that ' they have an incontcstible, (inalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and... | |
| Edward Everett - 1840 - 440 страница
...pertaining to them." The other plan is announced, in clear terms, in the Constitution of Massachusetts : " The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent, State." Now, it might be thought, that, even on the theory of government which Charles sealed with his blood,... | |
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