Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts1847 |
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... Newburyport Merchant S. Reading Manufacturer 1825 Windham Vt Ed . & Printer 1828 PembrokeNH Lawyer Pump Maker 1836 Lawyer 1840 66 1846 Manufacturer 1833 Lawyer 1845 1846 Pension Ag't . 1847 1835 Calvin Shepard , Ashland , Feb. 20 , 1807 ...
... Newburyport Merchant S. Reading Manufacturer 1825 Windham Vt Ed . & Printer 1828 PembrokeNH Lawyer Pump Maker 1836 Lawyer 1840 66 1846 Manufacturer 1833 Lawyer 1845 1846 Pension Ag't . 1847 1835 Calvin Shepard , Ashland , Feb. 20 , 1807 ...
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... Newburyport , July 31 , 1793 , Newburyport Machinist Wethersfi'd Ct Lawyer Merchant Henry Russell , jr . Otis P. Lord , Mason Lawyer Benjamin H. Silsbee , Sewall Boardman , Merchant Shoe Manr . Physician Lawyer Farmer Clergyman Farmer ...
... Newburyport , July 31 , 1793 , Newburyport Machinist Wethersfi'd Ct Lawyer Merchant Henry Russell , jr . Otis P. Lord , Mason Lawyer Benjamin H. Silsbee , Sewall Boardman , Merchant Shoe Manr . Physician Lawyer Farmer Clergyman Farmer ...
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... Newburyport , Charles H. Balch , Oct. 27 , 1796 Marblehead , Pension Ag't 1847 Oct. 29 , 1787 Newburyport , Mechanic 1829 Mar. 30 , 1813 | Haverhill , Manufacturer 1848 Cambridge , J. T. Buckingham , Dec. 21 , 1779 Windham , Vt . Editor ...
... Newburyport , Charles H. Balch , Oct. 27 , 1796 Marblehead , Pension Ag't 1847 Oct. 29 , 1787 Newburyport , Mechanic 1829 Mar. 30 , 1813 | Haverhill , Manufacturer 1848 Cambridge , J. T. Buckingham , Dec. 21 , 1779 Windham , Vt . Editor ...
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... Newburyport Door Keeper 1848 Dec. 25 , 1832 Pembroke , Page 1843 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . HON . FRANCIS B. CROWNINSHIELD , SPEAKER . COUNTY OF SUFFOLK . Boston , William T. Andrews , Dec. 24 , 1794 Boston , Lawyer 1841 66 John Boles ...
... Newburyport Door Keeper 1848 Dec. 25 , 1832 Pembroke , Page 1843 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . HON . FRANCIS B. CROWNINSHIELD , SPEAKER . COUNTY OF SUFFOLK . Boston , William T. Andrews , Dec. 24 , 1794 Boston , Lawyer 1841 66 John Boles ...
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... Newburyport , Merchant 1847 Jan. 2 , 1795 Braintree , Merchant 1845 Jan. 30 , 1792 W'lpole , [ NH Provision Dl ... Newburyport , E. Bradbury , Rockport , July 24 , 1791 Strath'm , N.H Mas . Mariner 1848 July 31 , 1793 Newburyport ...
... Newburyport , Merchant 1847 Jan. 2 , 1795 Braintree , Merchant 1845 Jan. 30 , 1792 W'lpole , [ NH Provision Dl ... Newburyport , E. Bradbury , Rockport , July 24 , 1791 Strath'm , N.H Mas . Mariner 1848 July 31 , 1793 Newburyport ...
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Page 14 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 13 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 13 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it.
Page 16 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 15 - Harmony, and a liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand ; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences ; consulting the natural course of things ; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Page 12 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Page 13 - From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 13 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 12 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party (often a small but artful and...
Page 15 - Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.