The colonies of England: a plan for the government of some portion of our colonial possessions |
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... elect or remove its president , to remove any of its members , and to supply its own vacancies . Not an element of popular liberty was introduced into the form of government . Religion was especially enjoined to be established ac ...
... elect or remove its president , to remove any of its members , and to supply its own vacancies . Not an element of popular liberty was introduced into the form of government . Religion was especially enjoined to be established ac ...
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... elect officers and make laws . In fact , the company - that is , the colonizing body , - had now a democratic in place of an aristocratic govern- ment . This was an improvement , but the colonists themselves seemed as far from having a ...
... elect officers and make laws . In fact , the company - that is , the colonizing body , - had now a democratic in place of an aristocratic govern- ment . This was an improvement , but the colonists themselves seemed as far from having a ...
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... elect burgesses evidently came from the colonists themselves . In this assembly all matters were debated appertaining to the colony . Their laws , however , required to be formally ratified by the company in England . * The consequence ...
... elect burgesses evidently came from the colonists themselves . In this assembly all matters were debated appertaining to the colony . Their laws , however , required to be formally ratified by the company in England . * The consequence ...
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... elected from each of the several plantations by their respective inhabitants . This assembly was to be convened once every year , and had full legislative authority - a negative voice being reserved to the Governor ; and no law or ...
... elected from each of the several plantations by their respective inhabitants . This assembly was to be convened once every year , and had full legislative authority - a negative voice being reserved to the Governor ; and no law or ...
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... elect their officers , determined to overturn the Company , and re- sume the powers granted by the charter . Commissioners were sent to America , to inquire into the condition of the colony . These Commissioners seized the records ...
... elect their officers , determined to overturn the Company , and re- sume the powers granted by the charter . Commissioners were sent to America , to inquire into the condition of the colony . These Commissioners seized the records ...
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Page 97 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Page 232 - To avoid Improper Influences which may result from Intermixing In one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed In the title.
Page 91 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly the governor shall appoint such magistrates, and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the general assembly...
Page 235 - States, to support the constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices ; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken, and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings ; and the chief justice and associate justices, and all other civil officers in said territory...
Page 97 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 227 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 94 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory...
Page 233 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law ; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 227 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 89 - Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.