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... Boston ! Did the slaves ever personally consent to the passage of these fugitive slave laws ? The idea of asking such consent was never dreamed of . Did they consent by the Representatives whom they thus assisted their masters in ...
... Boston ! Did the slaves ever personally consent to the passage of these fugitive slave laws ? The idea of asking such consent was never dreamed of . Did they consent by the Representatives whom they thus assisted their masters in ...
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... Boston ; and there 340 chests of tea were thrown overboard.1 Singularly enough , Mr. Quincy says of this act : " All was conducted with order and perfect submis- sion to government . It was a bright moonlight evening , and the British ...
... Boston ; and there 340 chests of tea were thrown overboard.1 Singularly enough , Mr. Quincy says of this act : " All was conducted with order and perfect submis- sion to government . It was a bright moonlight evening , and the British ...
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... Boston . Here I employed Mr. George E. Richardson , one of the clerks of the assessors . By accident he examined the ... Boston must be much less than the amount really paid by women ; and this is half as much again as the sum stated in ...
... Boston . Here I employed Mr. George E. Richardson , one of the clerks of the assessors . By accident he examined the ... Boston must be much less than the amount really paid by women ; and this is half as much again as the sum stated in ...
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... Boston , Chel- sea , and Newton , and the town of Brookline , all clustered together , paid $ 13,079,436 , or more than one - half the whole tax of the State . Of this sum ( $ 13,079,436 ) 8,447 women paid $ 1,348,379 , or a little more ...
... Boston , Chel- sea , and Newton , and the town of Brookline , all clustered together , paid $ 13,079,436 , or more than one - half the whole tax of the State . Of this sum ( $ 13,079,436 ) 8,447 women paid $ 1,348,379 , or a little more ...
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... Boston Daily Advertiser , " Nov. 23 , 1874 ) ; 146,986 men paid only a poll - tax , 66,415 of them being in Boston ; and Gov- ernor Gaston's plurality in the State was 7,032 ( ib . ) . On the principle that a chain is only as strong as ...
... Boston Daily Advertiser , " Nov. 23 , 1874 ) ; 146,986 men paid only a poll - tax , 66,415 of them being in Boston ; and Gov- ernor Gaston's plurality in the State was 7,032 ( ib . ) . On the principle that a chain is only as strong as ...
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Page 3 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of indi[viduals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people cove'nants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 18 - I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything...
Page 61 - ... no part of the property of any individual can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people.
Page 35 - No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature.
Page 6 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 4 - The people, inhabiting the territory formerly called the Province of Massachusetts Bay, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form themselves into a free, sovereign, and independent body politic or state, by the name of THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Page 60 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
Page 33 - ... to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within the said Commonwealth; and also to impose and levy reasonable duties and excises, upon any produce, goods, wares, merchandise, and commodities whatsoever, brought into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same...
Page 35 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 4 - In order to prevent those who are vested with authority from becoming oppressors, the people have a right, at such periods and in such manner as they shall establish by their frame of government, to cause their public officers to return to private life; and to fill up vacant places by certain and regular elections and appointments.