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, Volumen13Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1839 |
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... delegates to this convention were elected , forty thousand voters did not go to the polls , who had atten- ded them at the governor's election . The gentleman , however , should recollect that , although forty thousand did not give ...
... delegates to this convention were elected , forty thousand voters did not go to the polls , who had atten- ded them at the governor's election . The gentleman , however , should recollect that , although forty thousand did not give ...
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... delegates rising in their places . And the question being taken , Shall the question be now put ? It was determined in the affirmative . And on the question , Will the convention agree to the amendment ? The yeas and nays were required ...
... delegates rising in their places . And the question being taken , Shall the question be now put ? It was determined in the affirmative . And on the question , Will the convention agree to the amendment ? The yeas and nays were required ...
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... delegates to this convention , and had been for the first time proposed here . It was , then , he maintained , unreasonable to suppose that the people would be so unanimous in opinion as to either accept or reject all . He doubted not ...
... delegates to this convention , and had been for the first time proposed here . It was , then , he maintained , unreasonable to suppose that the people would be so unanimous in opinion as to either accept or reject all . He doubted not ...
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... word for it , they would be all defeated . Mr. SCOTT , in explanation , said : The difference between myself and the delegate from Fayette is this : I believe the people can be trusted , and I PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION , 1838 . 23.
... word for it , they would be all defeated . Mr. SCOTT , in explanation , said : The difference between myself and the delegate from Fayette is this : I believe the people can be trusted , and I PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION , 1838 . 23.
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... delegation of Philadelphia could not have devised a mode more calculated to disgust the people of Pennsylvania than this . He was not disposed to disgust any one . He would wish to go accord- ing to law , which requires that the votes ...
... delegation of Philadelphia could not have devised a mode more calculated to disgust the people of Pennsylvania than this . He was not disposed to disgust any one . He would wish to go accord- ing to law , which requires that the votes ...
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