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... reason for allowing the right of suffrage to remain within its control . A right so funda- mental and sacred ought to be established , defined and protected by the Constitution , and so be placed beyond the reach of legislative ...
... reason for allowing the right of suffrage to remain within its control . A right so funda- mental and sacred ought to be established , defined and protected by the Constitution , and so be placed beyond the reach of legislative ...
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... reasons quite as important that require the abolition of this tax qualification for voting . It is no test of a man's intelligence , capacity , or honesty , of his interest in public affairs , or even of his contribution for the support ...
... reasons quite as important that require the abolition of this tax qualification for voting . It is no test of a man's intelligence , capacity , or honesty , of his interest in public affairs , or even of his contribution for the support ...
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... reasons for his vote . Speaking of these , his grandson , Charles Francis Adams , writes : " These reasons were not committed to paper , and can , therefore , never be known ; but in their soundness it is certain that he never had the ...
... reasons for his vote . Speaking of these , his grandson , Charles Francis Adams , writes : " These reasons were not committed to paper , and can , therefore , never be known ; but in their soundness it is certain that he never had the ...
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... reason for such legislation was mistrust of her citizens . I do not share that sentiment . On the contrary , I have not only a firm belief in their right to govern themselves , but full confidence in their capacity and ability to do so ...
... reason for such legislation was mistrust of her citizens . I do not share that sentiment . On the contrary , I have not only a firm belief in their right to govern themselves , but full confidence in their capacity and ability to do so ...
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... reasons , more fully stated in a special message to the Legislature , March 23 , 1891 , I recommend that it be abolished . Topographical Survey Commission . - This com- mission reports that 1892. ] 33 SENATE - No. 1 .
... reasons , more fully stated in a special message to the Legislature , March 23 , 1891 , I recommend that it be abolished . Topographical Survey Commission . - This com- mission reports that 1892. ] 33 SENATE - No. 1 .
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Страница 4 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Страница 35 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe.
Страница 4 - In view of these facts and of these considerations I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces...
Страница 16 - The inhabitants of the town of Salem, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the city of Salem, and as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon and appertaining to said town as a municipal corporation.
Страница 18 - That eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics now employed or who may hereafter be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States; and that all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Страница 18 - Town- meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach, they teach men how to use and how to enjoy it. A nation may establish a system of free government, but without the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of liberty.
Страница 4 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Страница 4 - Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable unalienable.
Страница 18 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Страница 13 - All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.