 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 страници
...sovereignty and the burning issue of distributing powers between the states and a joint federal government: The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.14 13. See chapter VI, esp. 123-126. 14. Robert J. Taylor, ed., Massachusetts: Colony to... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 260 страници
...provided he does not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship. . . . IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and...enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which are not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in congress... | |
 | Edward W. Walker - 2003 - 220 страници
...is worth quoting the following passage from the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: "The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...sovereign, and independent State: and do, and forever shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter,... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 страници
...governed by FIXED LAWS OF THEIR OWN MAKING." The Massachusetts declaration of rights therefore said: "The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state. ... In fine, the people of this Commonwealth are not controllable by any other laws than those to which... | |
 | Robert E. Shalhope - 2004 - 220 страници
...full sovereignty. In 1779 when he composed a draft constitution for Massachusetts, he declared that "the people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state."3 Several years later Ezra Stiles observed that the Confederation government was never intended... | |
 | Robert W. Pelton - 2004 - 292 страници
...the General's obstinacy. Quotable Quote: "The people of this State ...by the Providence of God hath the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State. " Heroic Deed: Refused an offer of amnesty from British Governor Gage in June 1775. Little Known Fact:... | |
 | Brinton Coxe - 2005 - 434 страници
...constitution in the world, provides in its Part I. , Article 4, that ' ' The people of this common" wealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing "themselves...expressly delegated to the "United States of America :'n Congress assembled, " f From this provision it results that the tribunals of Massachusetts, in... | |
 | Mark A. Noll, Luke E. Harlow - 2007 - 520 страници
...and independent," declared Connecticut in converting its royal charter into a constitution in 1776, "have the sole and exclusive Right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State."38 The preamble of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 explicitly recognized the providence... | |
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John Massaro - 2008 - 706 страници
...Rights (ARTICLE II) in the Colorado Constitution of 1876 stated SEC. 2. That the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State, and to alter and abolish their constitution and form of government whenever they may deem it necessary... | |
 | George E. Connor, Christopher W. Hammons - 2008 - 849 страници
...The bill of rights also empowers New Hampshire residents as citizens. As such, the people are granted "the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state" (Article 7). As citizens, their responsibility should include moral and pious behavior and adherence... | |
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The people of this Common-wealth have the sole and exclusive 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 may... 
