Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Held in the Year 1788, and which Finally Ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by Authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856W. White, printer to the commonwealth, 1856 - 442 страница |
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... adopted and ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788 ; the third was held in 1820-21 , and proposed fourteen Articles of Amendment to the State Constitution , of which nine were adopted by the people ; the fourth was held ...
... adopted and ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788 ; the third was held in 1820-21 , and proposed fourteen Articles of Amendment to the State Constitution , of which nine were adopted by the people ; the fourth was held ...
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Massachusetts. Convention Charles Hale. The Constitution was adopted in the Massachusetts Con- vention , after a full discussion , by a majority of nineteen in a vote of three hundred and fifty - five . Certain amend- ments were ...
Massachusetts. Convention Charles Hale. The Constitution was adopted in the Massachusetts Con- vention , after a full discussion , by a majority of nineteen in a vote of three hundred and fifty - five . Certain amend- ments were ...
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... 399 Amendments to the Constitution adopted since the ratification by the Convention , . Dates of the ratification by the thirteen States , INDEX , 413 418 419 COMMISSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES . COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .
... 399 Amendments to the Constitution adopted since the ratification by the Convention , . Dates of the ratification by the thirteen States , INDEX , 413 418 419 COMMISSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES . COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .
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... adoption of this constitution , shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office , who shall not have attained to the age of thirty - five years , and been fourteen years a resident ...
... adoption of this constitution , shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office , who shall not have attained to the age of thirty - five years , and been fourteen years a resident ...
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... adopted for calling a con- vention in this Commonwealth , to take the same into considera- tion . It not being within the duties of my office to decide upon this momentous affair , I shall only say , that the charac- ters of the ...
... adopted for calling a con- vention in this Commonwealth , to take the same into considera- tion . It not being within the duties of my office to decide upon this momentous affair , I shall only say , that the charac- ters of the ...
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Страница 9 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Страница 251 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Страница 16 - Resolved, — That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Страница 68 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens, and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes, in each State.
Страница 348 - I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them it is so far error. Steele, a Protestant, in a dedication tells the pope, that the only difference between our two churches in their opinions of the certainty of their doctrine, is, the Romish church is infallible, and the Church of England is never in the wrong.
Страница 17 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Страница 348 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise.
Страница 22 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Страница 16 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the general government of the Union...
Страница 349 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.