Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates: Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, and Continued by Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily AdvertiserPub. at the office of the Daily advertiser, 1853 - Počet stran: 677 |
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Strana 10
... course so honorable to him and to the country . In 1770 , when the country was in alarm and under a great excite- ment in consequence of the killing and wounding of citizens by the British soldiers stationed in Boston , this firm and ...
... course so honorable to him and to the country . In 1770 , when the country was in alarm and under a great excite- ment in consequence of the killing and wounding of citizens by the British soldiers stationed in Boston , this firm and ...
Strana 21
... course of proceeding . He said that the constitution must either be re - drafted or the amendments be interwoven with it . For the purpose of enabling the Convention to shape their course of proceeding , and to draw forth abler men than ...
... course of proceeding . He said that the constitution must either be re - drafted or the amendments be interwoven with it . For the purpose of enabling the Convention to shape their course of proceeding , and to draw forth abler men than ...
Strana 22
... course . Mr. PRESCOTT of Boston rose and said , that he had a motion to make when it should be in order , which he thought would meet the views of the gentleman from Dracut , though not precisely sim- ilar to the one he had suggested ...
... course . Mr. PRESCOTT of Boston rose and said , that he had a motion to make when it should be in order , which he thought would meet the views of the gentleman from Dracut , though not precisely sim- ilar to the one he had suggested ...
Strana 23
... course , as a distinct subject could be referred to each committee . He would have the committees as large as could well act on the subject . We should thus have all the different parts revising at the same time . Some of the com ...
... course , as a distinct subject could be referred to each committee . He would have the committees as large as could well act on the subject . We should thus have all the different parts revising at the same time . Some of the com ...
Strana 26
... course which they were to pursue ; but our labors were of a different kind . We had a constitution , which was believed by many to be perfect already . It was stated by the gentleman who moved the resolutions ( Judge PRESCOTT ) , that ...
... course which they were to pursue ; but our labors were of a different kind . We had a constitution , which was believed by many to be perfect already . It was stated by the gentleman who moved the resolutions ( Judge PRESCOTT ) , that ...
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adjourned adopted agreed alteration appointed argument attend Berkshire BLAKE chairman Charlestown chosen Christian Commonwealth Commonwealth of Massachusetts Congregationalists considered constitution Convention corporation council counsellors Court DANA debate declaration of rights delegates denomination districts Dracut duty election ENOCH MUDGE entitled expedient favor gentleman from Boston give Groton Harvard College hoped house of representatives inhabitants judges lature legislative Legislature lieutenant governor majority manner ment mittee mode motion moved to amend Nantucket necessary negatived notaries public oath object open town meeting opinion opposed parish passed persons Pittsfield PRESCOTT present President principle proceeded proper proposed proposition provision public worship purpose qualification question was taken QUINCY reason reconsideration religion religious representation Resolved respect Roxbury Salem SECT select committee selectmen senate session society Suffolk support of public taxes third article thought tion United VARNUM vote WEBSTER whole wished Worcester
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Strana 343 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Strana 124 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Strana 636 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Strana 609 - ... the legislature shall from time to time authorize and require the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic or religious societies, to make suitable provision at their own expense for the institution of the public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily...
Strana 639 - No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself. And every subject shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be favorable to him; to meet the witnesses against him face to face, and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or his counsel, at his election.
Strana 632 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards (excepting paupers and persons under guardianship), who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district, in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, or Representatives, and who shall have paid...
Strana 659 - ... be found necessary, the general court which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall issue precepts to the selectmen of the several towns, and to the assessors of the unincorporated plantations, directing them to convene the qualified voters of their respective towns and plantations, for the purpose of collecting their sentiments on the necessity or expediency of revising the constitution, in order to amendments.
Strana 313 - We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured. We seek to prevent, in some measure, the extension of the penal code, by inspiring a salutary and conservative principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age.
Strana 163 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Strana 167 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...