...VOL. ii. 20 Every officer under the old Constitution made the following declaration on oath : — " I do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify,...ought to be a free, sovereign, and independent State." The Constitution of NEW HAMPSHIRE, adopted 1792, declares : — "All government of right originates...

...Constitution, every individual appointed to office, was required, on oath, " To acknowledge, profess, publish, and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...to be, a [ free, sovereign, and independent State." Whether that provision was retained in the late amendment of their Constitution, Mr. S. said he did...

...and oaths or affirmations, viz. : [ " I, AB, do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify aud declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign aud independent State; and I do swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the said Commonwealth,...

...to execute the duties of his or their office, make and subscribe the following declaration, viz. /, AB do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare, that the State of Neiu Hampshire is, and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent State ; and...