Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849J. T. Towers, 1850 - 479 páginas John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Report of the debates of the Convention of California (1850) comprises the official records of the convention. Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and official correspondence regarding the convention and the institution of state government under that constitution. |
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... consider the circumstances under which they were here . It was to perform the most solemn of trusts - to decide upon the fundamen- tal principles of a Government . This great question of securing to mankind the prosperity and happiness ...
... consider the circumstances under which they were here . It was to perform the most solemn of trusts - to decide upon the fundamen- tal principles of a Government . This great question of securing to mankind the prosperity and happiness ...
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... consider this article ( the de- claration of rights ) complete ; but they had agreed upon it in a spirit of compro- mise , and with a determination to go forward with the work this morning . If other members united with the committee in ...
... consider this article ( the de- claration of rights ) complete ; but they had agreed upon it in a spirit of compro- mise , and with a determination to go forward with the work this morning . If other members united with the committee in ...
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... consider for a moment what they were doing . Did they know what it was to suspend the writ of habeas corpus ? —to declare martial law , and leave the power in the hands of a single individual ? It is nothing less than to make a Dictator ...
... consider for a moment what they were doing . Did they know what it was to suspend the writ of habeas corpus ? —to declare martial law , and leave the power in the hands of a single individual ? It is nothing less than to make a Dictator ...
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... consider itself bound to support its own propositions , to the exclusion of all others ; but which will come before the Convention with any sug- gestions it may think proper to make , as a very small portion of this body . I have heard ...
... consider itself bound to support its own propositions , to the exclusion of all others ; but which will come before the Convention with any sug- gestions it may think proper to make , as a very small portion of this body . I have heard ...
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... consider his remarks entirely unwarranted , and unworthy of no . tice . I would call his attention to the following quotation from Junius : " There are men who never aspire to hatred - who never rise above contempt . " Mr. JONES . I ...
... consider his remarks entirely unwarranted , and unworthy of no . tice . I would call his attention to the following quotation from Junius : " There are men who never aspire to hatred - who never rise above contempt . " Mr. JONES . I ...
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