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, Band 4Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 |
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... tion of the sixth article . The question pending , being on the motion of Mr. KONIGMACHER to amend the amendment offered by Mr. READ to the fifth section , by strik- ing therefrom all after the word " section , " and inserting in lieu ...
... tion of the sixth article . The question pending , being on the motion of Mr. KONIGMACHER to amend the amendment offered by Mr. READ to the fifth section , by strik- ing therefrom all after the word " section , " and inserting in lieu ...
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... tion of the justices by the people had been settled , and as to the number of justices , and all the other incident and subordinate matters , they ought to be left to the Legislature . The whole of these details had better be so left ...
... tion of the justices by the people had been settled , and as to the number of justices , and all the other incident and subordinate matters , they ought to be left to the Legislature . The whole of these details had better be so left ...
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... tion , it was this . The people too , were more unanimous upon the ques- tion of reducing the Governor's patronage , than upon any other ; and the patronage growing out of the internal improvement system , great as it now was , would ...
... tion , it was this . The people too , were more unanimous upon the ques- tion of reducing the Governor's patronage , than upon any other ; and the patronage growing out of the internal improvement system , great as it now was , would ...
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... tion , the reason for which he could not precisely understand , and unless some good reason could be given for the change , he hoped it would not prevail . In the third section of this article in the old Constitution , the Governor has ...
... tion , the reason for which he could not precisely understand , and unless some good reason could be given for the change , he hoped it would not prevail . In the third section of this article in the old Constitution , the Governor has ...
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... tion , ought to claim so much of the time of the Convention . They should command not only four - fifths of our time , but the whole of it . The principle reason for fixing one hour for the consideration of resolutions , was to prevent ...
... tion , ought to claim so much of the time of the Convention . They should command not only four - fifths of our time , but the whole of it . The principle reason for fixing one hour for the consideration of resolutions , was to prevent ...
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Seite 234 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Seite 47 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Seite 167 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community...
Seite 42 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Seite 43 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Seite 159 - ... no part of a man's property can be justly taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the representative body of the freemen ; nor can any man, who is conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms, be justly compelled thereto, if he will pay such equivalent...
Seite 139 - God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Seite 139 - 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.
Seite 42 - Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Seite 107 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall...