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 |
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... decided in the affirmative without a division . So the resolution was adopted . A motion was made by Mr. BELL , That the convention proceed to the second reading and consideration of the resolution read on the 11th instant , as follows ...
... decided in the affirmative without a division . So the resolution was adopted . A motion was made by Mr. BELL , That the convention proceed to the second reading and consideration of the resolution read on the 11th instant , as follows ...
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... decided in the committee of the whole . Mr. President , I have been all along under the impression that when the amendments should come up on second reading , it was not the desigu of the convention to alter the principles which had ...
... decided in the committee of the whole . Mr. President , I have been all along under the impression that when the amendments should come up on second reading , it was not the desigu of the convention to alter the principles which had ...
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... decided vote , has agreed to throw the choice into the hands of the people . The people are the best judges of the capacity and the moral conduct of those who may offer themselves as candidates . The delegate from Crawford , ( Mr ...
... decided vote , has agreed to throw the choice into the hands of the people . The people are the best judges of the capacity and the moral conduct of those who may offer themselves as candidates . The delegate from Crawford , ( Mr ...
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... decided . How does this question stand before us now ? As I have said , we have resolved by the vote given in committee of the whole , that the justi- ces of the peace shall be elected . What then follows ? The question then presents ...
... decided . How does this question stand before us now ? As I have said , we have resolved by the vote given in committee of the whole , that the justi- ces of the peace shall be elected . What then follows ? The question then presents ...
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... decided - the very first blow about to be struck was , whether the people are fit to do any thing , or not fit to do any thing . The convention had already decided that they are competent to elect their magistrates ; and it was now ...
... decided - the very first blow about to be struck was , whether the people are fit to do any thing , or not fit to do any thing . The convention had already decided that they are competent to elect their magistrates ; and it was now ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.