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embodies the wisdom and the experience of good government

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in this State for the past century. What we are doing is

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casting aside that document in its entirety for a new

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document which takes new paths.

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You say we have a stronger executive, a stronger

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legislative body, a Strong judiciary. That is all true,

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but you are creating bodies further removed from the people

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than they were under the old Constitution, and in this day,

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when the burden of taxation rests so heavily on all state

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governments throughout the nation, the cost of this new draft

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has never even been estimated.

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Mr. President, as much as 1 dislike to, 1 shall

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cast my vote against the new Constitution. I do not want to

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close without paying my regards to you. When I came here I

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knew that you were one of Maryland's great lawyers. Tonight

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I can truthfully say that you are the greatest Marylander

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have ever had the privilege to know.

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(Constitutional Convention rising, applause.)

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DELEGATE DORSEY: Mr. President, let me add that

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the 142 members who comprise this body are the most

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conscientious and dedicated group that I have ever known to