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 11Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 - Constitutional conventions |
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... trial of cases impartial . I am as anxious to promote this great object as any member of this body can be , and it is precisely for that reason , that I have offered the amendment . I invite the attention of the convention to it , and I ...
... trial of cases impartial . I am as anxious to promote this great object as any member of this body can be , and it is precisely for that reason , that I have offered the amendment . I invite the attention of the convention to it , and I ...
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... trial will be had , and that an impartial judgment will be given ? Sir , we have studied human character to little purpose , if we suppose that the chances are any thing like equal . This is precisely the basis upon which my amendment ...
... trial will be had , and that an impartial judgment will be given ? Sir , we have studied human character to little purpose , if we suppose that the chances are any thing like equal . This is precisely the basis upon which my amendment ...
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... trial by jury may be extended to every human being , and that the said committee be directed to prepare and engross said article for a third reading . Mr. KONIGMACHER moved that the convention now proceed to the second reading and ...
... trial by jury may be extended to every human being , and that the said committee be directed to prepare and engross said article for a third reading . Mr. KONIGMACHER moved that the convention now proceed to the second reading and ...
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... trial should have taken place , and a new trial be ordered , the change would be more satisfactory . But he doubted the propriety of adopting the provision in its present form . Therefore , he had risen to ask the gentleman from Luzerne ...
... trial should have taken place , and a new trial be ordered , the change would be more satisfactory . But he doubted the propriety of adopting the provision in its present form . Therefore , he had risen to ask the gentleman from Luzerne ...
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... trial in small circles , where one man knows every man's business , and where men meet together to talk over other men's affairs . How can you then expect an impartial and fair trial ? Judges ought to know nothing of the individuals ...
... trial in small circles , where one man knows every man's business , and where men meet together to talk over other men's affairs . How can you then expect an impartial and fair trial ? Judges ought to know nothing of the individuals ...
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Page 220 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect or support any place, of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 264 - State, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made, and upon proof to the satisfaction of such Judge or magistrate, either by oral testimony or affidavit taken before and certified by a magistrate of any such State or Territory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled...
Page 229 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Page 264 - States or territory, the person to whom such labor or service may be due, his agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing or being within the State, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Page 244 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Page 276 - But a citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, after residing in the State six months : Provided, that white freemen, citizens of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and having resided in the State one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled...
Page 77 - The number of Representatives shall, at the several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature and apportioned among the several Counties...
Page 300 - Territory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such Judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent, or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the State or Territory from which he or she fled.
Page 219 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 140 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.