History of Massachusetts, for Two Hundred Years: From the Year 1620 to 1820Hilliard, Gray, 1835 - 480 Seiten |
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... opposed to the rites and forms of the established church of England . Lyford and Oldham were men of no stability of character ; the former assumed the clerical office , but was found to be immoral ; and the latter openly op- posed the ...
... opposed to the rites and forms of the established church of England . Lyford and Oldham were men of no stability of character ; the former assumed the clerical office , but was found to be immoral ; and the latter openly op- posed the ...
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... opposed and sup- pressed . Their zeal for religion and for the support of chris- tianity was , generally , wisely tempered by their knowledge of human nature and of the importance of civil authority . The condition of their native ...
... opposed and sup- pressed . Their zeal for religion and for the support of chris- tianity was , generally , wisely tempered by their knowledge of human nature and of the importance of civil authority . The condition of their native ...
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... opposed to them , for their political opinions . They were watched , with an evil eye , and attempts were often made to withdraw or curtail the civil powers grant- ed them by the royal charter . Some merchants , also , who regarded ...
... opposed to them , for their political opinions . They were watched , with an evil eye , and attempts were often made to withdraw or curtail the civil powers grant- ed them by the royal charter . Some merchants , also , who regarded ...
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... opposed to all arbitrary power in the state . The first planters of Plymouth , of Salem , of Boston , and other places in Massachusetts , cannot , perhaps , be fully justified for their strict discipline and government , in all cases ...
... opposed to all arbitrary power in the state . The first planters of Plymouth , of Salem , of Boston , and other places in Massachusetts , cannot , perhaps , be fully justified for their strict discipline and government , in all cases ...
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... opposed . At this time , when the people and the deputies demanded a share of the legislative power , and even claimed judicial author- ity , they proceeded so far as to impose a fine on the assistants , for disregarding an order of the ...
... opposed . At this time , when the people and the deputies demanded a share of the legislative power , and even claimed judicial author- ity , they proceeded so far as to impose a fine on the assistants , for disregarding an order of the ...
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Seite 435 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 434 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Seite 471 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same.
Seite 422 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature, for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing. " An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, between the respective states, that union and national honor, so essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dignity of the American empire.
Seite 472 - Senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in question, according to evidence.
Seite 403 - We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquillity, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Seite 471 - Court, to prorogue the same from time to time, not exceeding ninety days in any one recess; and to call it together sooner than the time to which it may be adjourned or prorogued, if the welfare of the Commonwealth shall require the same...
Seite 435 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Seite 474 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the legislature; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this constitution.
Seite 434 - He took occasion also miserably to bewail the state and condition of the Reformed Churches, who were come to a period in religion and would go no further than the instruments of their Reformation.