 | 1877 - 510 σελίδες
...South Carolina, in 1777, and Massachusetts in 1786, prescribed a like oath of allegiance, that each was and of right ought to be a free, sovereign and independent State. Congress on the 21th of June, 1776, resolved, that all persons in any colony owed allegiance to its... | |
 | Charles Francis Himes - 1879 - 196 σελίδες
...Constitution or the Government thereof, as established by the Convention, and that the State of Pennsylvania is, and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent State, and that we do forever renounce and refuse all allegiance, subjection, or obedience to the King or Crown... | |
 | Robert Dickson Smith - 1880 - 76 σελίδες
...shall do it with cheerfulness, because the injunction accords with my own judgment and conscience, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is and of right...ought to be a free, sovereign, and independent State. I shall also be called upon to make another declaration with the same solemnity to support the Constitution... | |
 | Edward Hamilton (of Boston.) - 1880 - 88 σελίδες
...on the 31st of May, said: " The time had come in 1820 when it was not necessary for any man to swear that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of right ought to be, free, a sovereign and independent State. The time when such an oath was requisite was passed by. Nobody... | |
 | Charles Reemelin - 1881 - 670 σελίδες
...instructions to the delegates, the following clause:— " Every person chosen or appointed to office shall truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify,...be, a free, sovereign, and independent state; and that I do swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the said commonwealth, and that I will... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1882 - 870 σελίδες
...provided for an oath of allegiance to the state alone, of which the following may serve as an example: "I, AB, do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess,...true faith and allegiance to the said commonwealth * * * *" — jj UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. The constitution (articles III. VI.) introduced two new features... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1883 - 468 σελίδες
...his place or office, take and subscribe the following declaration, and oaths or affirmations, viz. : ["I, AB, do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess,...sovereign, and independent state; and I do swear that 1 will bear true faith and allegiance to the said commonwealth, and that I will defend the same against... | |
 | Duane Hamilton Hurd - 1884 - 602 σελίδες
...following is the form of the oath of allegiance : " We, the subscribers, each one of us for himself, do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify,...free sovereign and independent State. And I do swear tbat I will bear true faith and allegiance to the said Commonwealth, and that I will defend the same... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - 1884 - 686 σελίδες
...the oath of lieutenant governor, "to make a declaration — and I shall . do it most cheerfully — that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of...ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent state. I shall be called upon to make another declaration, with the same solemnity — to support the Constitution... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1885 - 638 σελίδες
...shall do it with cheerfulness, because the injunction accords with my own judgment and conscience,) that the commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of...ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent State. I shall also be called upon to make another declaration, with the same solemnity, to support the constitution... | |
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I, AB do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify, and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of right ought to be, a Free, Sovereign and Independent State... 
