 The people of this commonwealth 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...  Provincial and State Papers - Page 72by New Hampshire (Colony) Probate Court - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 pages
...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,... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...contracts shall remain, and he in the same state, as if this constitution had not heen made. 7. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right...free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and for ever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto,... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1829 - 956 pages
...(that is the people of Massachusetts) use these words, to wit : " The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves,...exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter br, by them, expressly delegated to the United Stales of America,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. IV.—THE people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves...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 pages
...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 pages
...or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. IV. — THE people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves...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 - Constitutional history - 1833 - 540 pages
...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... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - Local history - 1834 - 314 pages
...right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State ; exercising and enjoying every power, jurisdiction and right pertaining .thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be by tti'em expressly delegated to the United" States of America, in Congress assembled." 2. That '* tlte... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...249. M'Cauley's Hist. NY 231, 2. April, 1777. In Massachusetts. " The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and exclusive right of governing 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 - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...Laws, 249. M'Cauley's Hist. NY 231, 2. April, 1777. In Massachusetts. "The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and exclusive right of governing 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... | |
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