Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution of the State of New York: Containing All the Official Documents Relating to the Subject, and Other Valuable MatterE. amd E. Hosford, 1821 - 703 Seiten |
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... suffrage ? 1st . The voter must be a citizen . 2d . The service required ... universal , there is not the same security for private rights and private ... suffrage - and will any one say that this example is not one evincing the ...
... suffrage ? 1st . The voter must be a citizen . 2d . The service required ... universal , there is not the same security for private rights and private ... suffrage - and will any one say that this example is not one evincing the ...
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... suffrage . I have no wish , sir , to endanger the rights of property , by ... universal spirit of emulation , and twenty thousand hardy champions of ... suffrage . And what do they now ask ? Simply to be allowed to participate with you in ...
... suffrage . I have no wish , sir , to endanger the rights of property , by ... universal spirit of emulation , and twenty thousand hardy champions of ... suffrage . And what do they now ask ? Simply to be allowed to participate with you in ...
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... suffrage in future , yet even there they have preserved the right to all ... suffrage a privilege ? And can you deny it to a citizen of Penn- sylvania who ... universal emancipation . But where is the necessity in the present instance ...
... suffrage in future , yet even there they have preserved the right to all ... suffrage a privilege ? And can you deny it to a citizen of Penn- sylvania who ... universal emancipation . But where is the necessity in the present instance ...
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... universal suffrage . I hope what I may have to say will be kindly received , for it will be well intended . But , if I thought otherwise , I should still prefer to hazard the loss of the little popularity which I might have in this ...
... universal suffrage . I hope what I may have to say will be kindly received , for it will be well intended . But , if I thought otherwise , I should still prefer to hazard the loss of the little popularity which I might have in this ...
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... universal suffrage . That extreme democratic principle , when applied to the legislative and executive departments of govern- ment , has been regarded with terror , by the wise men of every age , because in every European republic ...
... universal suffrage . That extreme democratic principle , when applied to the legislative and executive departments of govern- ment , has been regarded with terror , by the wise men of every age , because in every European republic ...
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abolish adopted amendment appointing power assembly ayes and noes bill Birdseye Briggs Buel Buren Burroughs chancellor chancery CHIEF JUSTICE SPENCER citizens city of New-York common pleas consideration constitution Convention council of appointment council of revision court of chancery courts of common district Duer duty election electors executive exercise experience favour freehold gentleman from Delaware governor Hogeboom honourable gentleman impeachment insert J. R. Van Rensselaer judges judicial judiciary jury Kent King legislative legislature ment Messrs militia motion moved to strike Munro nomination object Oneida opinion opposed P. R. Livingston party passed Paulding peace persons political present President principle proposed proposition provision qualifications question Radcliff remarks respect Rhinelander right of suffrage Root Rosebrugh Sanford select committee senate Starkweather supreme court Tallmadge thought tion TOMPKINS town universal suffrage Van Buren Vechten vote Wendover Wheaton whole Williams wished words yesterday
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 553 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Seite 9 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies...
Seite 633 - But when the Governor shall, ,with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State, in time of war, at the head of a military force thereof, he shall continue Commander-in-Chief of all the military force of the State.
Seite 638 - ... the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be...
Seite 636 - Before the trial of an impeachment, the members of the court shall take an oath or affirmation, truly and impartially to try...
Seite 320 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner...
Seite 365 - There the wicked cease from troubling ; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together ; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there ; And the servant is free from his master.
Seite 638 - Such parts of the common law, and of the acts of the legislature of the colony of New York, as together did form the law of the said colony on the nineteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and the resolutions of the Congress of the said colony, and of the convention o.
Seite 636 - State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Seite 633 - The governor shall be general and commander in chief of all the militia, and admiral of the navy of the state. He shall have power to convene the legislature (or the senate only) on extraordinary occasions.