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... Representatives : Entrusted by the people of the Commonwealth with the management of her affairs for the cur- rent year , we meet to - day to begin this responsi- ble and honorable duty . A usage long established requires me at this ...
... Representatives : Entrusted by the people of the Commonwealth with the management of her affairs for the cur- rent year , we meet to - day to begin this responsi- ble and honorable duty . A usage long established requires me at this ...
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... representatives , as their trusted servants , to keep it ever true to their interests , to watch for the expression of their will , and when ascertained implicitly to obey it . Rarely is such expression directly made in an election or ...
... representatives , as their trusted servants , to keep it ever true to their interests , to watch for the expression of their will , and when ascertained implicitly to obey it . Rarely is such expression directly made in an election or ...
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... Representatives . There are other reasons quite as important that require the abolition of this tax qualification for voting . It is no test of a man's intelligence , capacity , or honesty , of his interest in public affairs , or even ...
... Representatives . There are other reasons quite as important that require the abolition of this tax qualification for voting . It is no test of a man's intelligence , capacity , or honesty , of his interest in public affairs , or even ...
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... representative , which would have law the true expression of the people's will , the protection of elections from all improper influences is next in importance and order to a free and pure suffrage . This has been , and should be ...
... representative , which would have law the true expression of the people's will , the protection of elections from all improper influences is next in importance and order to a free and pure suffrage . This has been , and should be ...
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... representative , its laws a truer expression of the people's will , and its power more directly within their control . With the same purpose I commend to your considera- tion its system of administrative and executive work . With much ...
... representative , its laws a truer expression of the people's will , and its power more directly within their control . With the same purpose I commend to your considera- tion its system of administrative and executive work . With much ...
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Page 4 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 35 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe.
Page 4 - In view of these facts and of these considerations I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces...
Page 16 - The inhabitants of the town of Salem, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the city of Salem, and as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon and appertaining to said town as a municipal corporation.
Page 18 - That eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics now employed or who may hereafter be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States; and that all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Page 18 - Town- meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach, they teach men how to use and how to enjoy it. A nation may establish a system of free government, but without the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of liberty.
Page 4 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 4 - Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable unalienable.
Page 18 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Page 13 - All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.