| Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 Seiten
...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,...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| 1828 - 494 Seiten
...law: and no suhordination of any sect or denomination to another shall ever he estahlished hy law. 4. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and...free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and for ever hereafter shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1832 - 276 Seiten
...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...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America,... | |
| Joseph Story - 1833 - 540 Seiten
...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 - 1837 - 236 Seiten
...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 - 1837 - 230 Seiten
...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... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1888 - 576 Seiten
...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 incontcstible, (inalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and... | |
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