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the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal
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government thereof as a free, sovereign and independent
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State, subject only to the powers delegated specifically
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to the United States by the Constitution thereof and
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that all other powers and authority are reserved unto
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the respective states or the people thereof, do declare:
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"I would then suggest that Article 1 be used
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to replace present Articles 1, 4, 6 and 7, Article 1 to
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read as follows:
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"Article 1. That all government of right
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originates from the people and is instituted for the
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good of the whole, its principal agency being the
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Legislature through which the plenary powers of govern-
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ment are exercised; that the right of the people to
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participate in the Legislature is the best security of -
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liberty and the foundation of all free government and
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for this purpose free elections shall be held frequently,
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when every citizen having the qualifications prescribed ,
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by the Constitution ought to have the right of suffrage.
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Articles 4, 6 and 7. I concur completely with Mr. Brooks
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