History of Massachusetts, for Two Hundred Years: From the Year 1620 to 1820 |
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... authority was also maintained with equal moderation and firmness . On their first arrival , in the harbor of Cape Cod , they formed themselves into a political body , for the maintenance of civil government ; and at the same time ac ...
... authority was also maintained with equal moderation and firmness . On their first arrival , in the harbor of Cape Cod , they formed themselves into a political body , for the maintenance of civil government ; and at the same time ac ...
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... authority . It will be seen , by reference to the powers given in that instrument , as before stated , that they might with propriety exercise all the authority requisite for self - government , and for the protection and welfare of the ...
... authority . It will be seen , by reference to the powers given in that instrument , as before stated , that they might with propriety exercise all the authority requisite for self - government , and for the protection and welfare of the ...
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... authority to inflict capital punishment ; or whether the case should not be referred to the judicial tribunals in England . The charter for Massachusetts was explicit on this point . During the first year , one hundred and eight per ...
... authority to inflict capital punishment ; or whether the case should not be referred to the judicial tribunals in England . The charter for Massachusetts was explicit on this point . During the first year , one hundred and eight per ...
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... authority , * Gov. Bradford says , in a letter , “ the Governor of Massachusetts is that worthy and pious gentleman , John Winthrop , under whose able , prudent and godly government , the plantation and churches there have much in ...
... authority , * Gov. Bradford says , in a letter , “ the Governor of Massachusetts is that worthy and pious gentleman , John Winthrop , under whose able , prudent and godly government , the plantation and churches there have much in ...
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... authority . The condition of their native country had served to prepare them to be political as well as religious guides . Brewster , Brad- ford , Winslow and Prence of Plymouth , and Winthrop , Bellingham , Ludlow , Dudley , Nowell ...
... authority . The condition of their native country had served to prepare them to be political as well as religious guides . Brewster , Brad- ford , Winslow and Prence of Plymouth , and Winthrop , Bellingham , Ludlow , Dudley , Nowell ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 472 - Senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in question, according to evidence.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.