Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volume 5Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 - Constitutional conventions |
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... inquire into and correct crimes , but also , all abuses of power in the magistrates , and , at the same time , to do military duty . Alfred framed also , a body of laws , which was the basis of English juris prudence . " The government ...
... inquire into and correct crimes , but also , all abuses of power in the magistrates , and , at the same time , to do military duty . Alfred framed also , a body of laws , which was the basis of English juris prudence . " The government ...
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... inquire of the Chair , whether , if the proposition now before the committee should be negatived , it would be in the power of any gentlemen to offer an amendment to the constitution of 1790 . The question , as he understood it , was ...
... inquire of the Chair , whether , if the proposition now before the committee should be negatived , it would be in the power of any gentlemen to offer an amendment to the constitution of 1790 . The question , as he understood it , was ...
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... inquiry , which is now occupy- ing our attention - In what way can we best secure the right perform- ance of those functions ? I have not , as yet , heard any one deny that , in a republican government , as well as in all others , a ...
... inquiry , which is now occupy- ing our attention - In what way can we best secure the right perform- ance of those functions ? I have not , as yet , heard any one deny that , in a republican government , as well as in all others , a ...
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... inquire how it happens that their civil laws are nearly the same ? The answer is obvious - it is because justice is the same . As nations advance in civilization , they collect together - either from the wisdom of past times , from the ...
... inquire how it happens that their civil laws are nearly the same ? The answer is obvious - it is because justice is the same . As nations advance in civilization , they collect together - either from the wisdom of past times , from the ...
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... inquire what is recorded in Bri- tish history . But I ask if rightful sovereignty in a free republic can do this , or can even desire to do it , if properly enlightened ? Sir , let us never forget that this matter of the administration ...
... inquire what is recorded in Bri- tish history . But I ask if rightful sovereignty in a free republic can do this , or can even desire to do it , if properly enlightened ? Sir , let us never forget that this matter of the administration ...
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