An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Τόμος 2Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 |
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Σελίδα 26
... election by the company could commence , the go- vernor , deputy - governor , and eighteen affiftants were specified . The mode of governing , and of admitting freemen was pre- fcribed . They were empowered to eleft and conftitute fuch ...
... election by the company could commence , the go- vernor , deputy - governor , and eighteen affiftants were specified . The mode of governing , and of admitting freemen was pre- fcribed . They were empowered to eleft and conftitute fuch ...
Σελίδα 28
... election of officers , who were to repair to and fettle in New - England . They chofe for governor John Winthrop , Efq . of Groton , in Suffolk , a gentleman well known for his piety , liberality , wildom and gravity . The bufinefs of ...
... election of officers , who were to repair to and fettle in New - England . They chofe for governor John Winthrop , Efq . of Groton , in Suffolk , a gentleman well known for his piety , liberality , wildom and gravity . The bufinefs of ...
Σελίδα 32
... election . Thus a powerful and mifchievous alliance was formed between the churches and the ftate . The afcendency of the clergy was fecured and much increased , for no one could be propofed to the church for a member , unless the ...
... election . Thus a powerful and mifchievous alliance was formed between the churches and the ftate . The afcendency of the clergy was fecured and much increased , for no one could be propofed to the church for a member , unless the ...
Σελίδα 35
... election , except he was a member of one of the churches in New - England . They had no jury , either in civil or criminal cafes , Connecticut and New - Haven continued two distinct colonies for many years . At length the general court ...
... election , except he was a member of one of the churches in New - England . They had no jury , either in civil or criminal cafes , Connecticut and New - Haven continued two distinct colonies for many years . At length the general court ...
Σελίδα 54
... elections ought to be free - that all power is originally in the people - that go- vernment ought to be inftituted for the common benefit of the ... election of rep TOWNS . CHITTENDEN COUNTY , Continued . Free white males OF VERMONT . 53.
... elections ought to be free - that all power is originally in the people - that go- vernment ought to be inftituted for the common benefit of the ... election of rep TOWNS . CHITTENDEN COUNTY , Continued . Free white males OF VERMONT . 53.
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Σελίδα 177 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Σελίδα 171 - It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
Σελίδα 176 - 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.
Σελίδα 425 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Σελίδα 459 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Σελίδα 461 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Σελίδα 174 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Σελίδα 54 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Σελίδα 461 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Σελίδα 189 - Court by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases act with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns, and that he should maintain the dignity of the Commonwealth in the character of its chief...