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| Constitutional law - 1783 - 492 pages
...IV. The people of this Commonwealth have the fple and exclufive right of governing themfelves felves as a Free, Sovereign, and Independent State; and do, and for ever hereafter fiiall, exercife and enjoy every power, jurifdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter,... | |
| Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 pages
...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, and Independent State ; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...remain, and he in the same state, as if this constitution had not heen made. 7. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter he, hy them expressly delegated to the United... | |
| Nathan Dane - Law - 1829 - 956 pages
...first article, 4th section, they, (that is the people of Massachusetts) use these words, to wit : " The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and...free, sovereign and independent State ; and do, and forever hereafter, shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...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...free, sovereign, and independent state ; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 pages
...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 pages
...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...free, sovereign, and independent state ; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 540 pages
...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 - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...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... | |
| Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...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... | |
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