History of Massachusetts ...Richardson and Lord, 1822 |
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... representatives : and the practice , under these charters , for a long time , was a perfect exercise of legislative authority in each colony . The doings of Commissioners sent over by Charles II . in 1664 , to settle disputes between ...
... representatives : and the practice , under these charters , for a long time , was a perfect exercise of legislative authority in each colony . The doings of Commissioners sent over by Charles II . in 1664 , to settle disputes between ...
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... representatives of Boston were fully disposed to attend to these instructions - to remonstrate against the claims of Parliament for taxing America , and to vindicate the rights guaranteed by charter , and enjoy- ed by all Englishmen . A ...
... representatives of Boston were fully disposed to attend to these instructions - to remonstrate against the claims of Parliament for taxing America , and to vindicate the rights guaranteed by charter , and enjoy- ed by all Englishmen . A ...
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... representatives complained , that , by his silence , when the late measures of administration were adopt- ed for ... representative . ' They also referred to the services of the province in the late war , which had been very important to ...
... representatives complained , that , by his silence , when the late measures of administration were adopt- ed for ... representative . ' They also referred to the services of the province in the late war , which had been very important to ...
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... representatives was the grand barrier of British liberty- " And though a people might be free and happy without a particular branch of trade , they could be neither , if they had not the privilege of assessing their own taxes . " In the ...
... representatives was the grand barrier of British liberty- " And though a people might be free and happy without a particular branch of trade , they could be neither , if they had not the privilege of assessing their own taxes . " In the ...
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... representatives from the town of Boston , are also to be ranked among the active and able asserters of civil liberty at this critical period . They had great influence in the legislature ; and THACHER Wrote with much ability in favor of ...
... representatives from the town of Boston , are also to be ranked among the active and able asserters of civil liberty at this critical period . They had great influence in the legislature ; and THACHER Wrote with much ability in favor of ...
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Seite 300 - Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into actual Service of the United States...
Seite 361 - Senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in question, according to evidence.
Seite 272 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 32 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before.
Seite 313 - ... and every of their children which shall happen to be born there, or on the seas in going thither, or returning from thence shall have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects within any of the dominions of us, our heirs and successors, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever as if they and every of them were born within this our realm of England.
Seite 358 - The general court shall forever have full power and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record, or other courts...
Seite 332 - America, and to deliberate and determine upon wise and proper measures, to be by them recommended to all the colonies, for the recovery and establishment of their just rights and liberties, civil and religious, and the restoration of union and harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, most ardently desired by all good men: Therefore, resolved, that the Hon.
Seite 376 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Seite 339 - Sacred to Liberty. This is one of four cannon, which constituted the whole train of Field Artillery possessed by the British Colonies of North America at the commencement of the war, on the 19th of April, 1775. This cannon and its fellow, belonging to a number of citizens of Boston, were used in many engagements during the war. The other two, the property of the Government of Massachusetts, were taken by the enemy. • By order of the United States in Congress assembled, May 19, 1788.
Seite 359 - 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.