Excerpt from Right of Petition: New England Clergymen; Remarks Mr. Butler. I wish to bring one thing to the view of the honorable Senator, if he will allow me. I wish to ask whether it is his opinion, from any inspection of the paper, that the clergymen who signed it had the memorial before them at the time when they' signed it? It purports to have been si nod on the first of March, and the bill passe the Senate on the third of March. Will he tell me whether they did or did not sign their names blindly, without seeing the ...
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Excerpt from Right of Petition: New England Clergymen; Remarks Mr. Butler. I wish to bring one thing to the view of the honorable Senator, if he will allow me. I wish to ask whether it is his opinion, from any inspection of the paper, that the clergymen who signed it had the memorial before them at the time when they' signed it? It purports to have been si nod on the first of March, and the bill passe the Senate on the third of March. Will he tell me whether they did or did not sign their names blindly, without seeing the memorial? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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