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| − | Senate have refused, on a motion made for that purpose, to send a message to this House proposing to elect by joint ballot the number of Senators required by the Constitution, according to the usage which has heretofore prevailed in such cases - | + | Senate have refused, on a motion made for that purpose, to send a message to this House proposing to elect by joint ballot the number of Senators required by the Constitution, according to the usage which has heretofore prevailed in such cases - |
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| + | In consequence of which, no other alternative seems to be presented, but that the public business shall be left undone, the wheels of government stopped, & the Constitution prostrated - or this House must proceed, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution, to have the vacancies in the Senate filled, the Councilors chosen, & the votes for Governor declared & published, the public business of the State dispatched, and the just expectations of the people fulfilled | ||
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Revision as of 13:14, 31 August 2020
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Senate have refused, on a motion made for that purpose, to send a message to this House proposing to elect by joint ballot the number of Senators required by the Constitution, according to the usage which has heretofore prevailed in such cases -
In consequence of which, no other alternative seems to be presented, but that the public business shall be left undone, the wheels of government stopped, & the Constitution prostrated - or this House must proceed, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution, to have the vacancies in the Senate filled, the Councilors chosen, & the votes for Governor declared & published, the public business of the State dispatched, and the just expectations of the people fulfilled Therefore,