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OF THE
,E RA -P:0URT
C- O : M, '., W E A L T H
OF.
M A SA C HUSE TTS:
Begun, and hed at BOSTON, in theCounty of SUFFOLK, on
Wednefday the Tw rnty- nith D of MAY, A14No DoMINI,
x 793 and'-fi or aence dontinued by Ad*ourmtent and
Proclaaltion, to W ednefday, the.Fifteenth D~ay of JANUA-
rwr following.,-
HOU E R S E N'T A T I V E S,
,- IMLY1, JANUARY i 7, 1294-
AT t welve o'clock ji day, igreeablyto previoup aointment, his Honour the Lieu-
tenant-Governor came to th~e Houfe of Repein'tatives, and the Senate being con-
vened,,bfqrethe two Branche, -he .pronqujncgd, ad mc rtor, he following
rell4x;pt~zens of tbe theo aanh df fOe L eg4 fture
T h laving pleafe sh Sup xor Beq grfiney ur-laft. mceting,,ja His Holy Providence to
remove fr m'this tt nfirotylife, ,Ou l !-tq ex 1e~nc Q.wernor COCK, the multitude of his fur-
viving fellowocitizens, wh6have often give ftrong teftimonials of their approba~ion of his important
fervices, w,lile thcy drop a to,ar, may Ferjainly profit -by the recol1eaion of his virtuous and partio-
V 0crefenfible, that onis eventt, outir ConItsfution direias that the Lieuten-
;a troveo u fr, fo t4time behg, iall perfore all 1hi dutes'whtch were incumbent on him, nd
1x1,cif a!X the .oNirt a and uIoIi' drs-ithe vhi~cyof -Mihschr; which by the Conftitutior
'be ,w~s ved wkrh\~li :pcrflltl-prflt. Difid~fn a, Iei omf iy abihtiesI have yet felt my-
f~l :nlii~ptl~,f to und4.rt , psr~ormanc be f£ tlofe dufess-aind the exercif¢ of thofe .powers
ond auth Tkties, iii jo tep f .i f ,n OD. fO r i hm fok fo that wifdom which
a s profflt' ts~ ,dir e Jeo~uto f be my iule, and .the true~ intereft; of my Contx-
- T nzV peoplof this Conmmonweal~th have, heretofore been , poffeffed of the entire fovereignty
~hinatd rher ov tfi¢r, s , w r ncottronlabi by any ther law than thfe
V9 whh ~eit co ifi{ted .rep : fen3.ivelyg gaytrdsejrpon~fenr. ' 1 hiprefume, was ite cafe
f'rn evqtyi ,ther t qf t~t U0niin .... 3,t at ¢ey tw t m orable 'declaration of their Independence
was by tolcmn treaty agreed to and ratified by thei ritifh Kirng, tie only power that couldhlav-e any
prcenef to d ipqteM1th # aonidierat,.themfclves. decidedly free and independens~of Ali other 'peo-
pier', hvle rta!{ nk! ai~znaigs, it v,:a )u 'gedi that their great affairs cd-idi not weil be
cod d !! th e ~tgjn'. a number of ifn'hn& fdvereignties. Tiey thexefore formed and
a49pted a'F'eeO1i Co{Qtitonf,5 by w1d eertai ppvYdof fovereignty are delegated ant entrufted
o Aq~i iiff 'u h li j~}i roiiimd tume 'to tie :to ea to be exercifed conformnablyr
to% andl 1xythm the t*ftriai'an ofthe fad C.qnftuton, for the pprpofes of ftiengthening and con,~
firirhig thp{ Uhiionn anda trgng tiie i'afetj ilt Iha~pinfs of the confederate C.ommonwealth.
All powers slot voefteC'{ Itn dodtgre~s,?reain' iji t e liparateStates to be excicfed according to theiv
;gcfpeiv .?.nf tutitA~ots -iud ao untttm caution be ufdd heaft any degree of interference
or in~naigermn, t trngi. t kW ac'ea eithcron the rights of the F~deralG~vernmentonthle one fide, or
thofe of thle fever~l $tate on the other. Tuttances of thi kind diay happen ; for infallbilty is not
ithe lot ot apv mian-~or biqdy'of men, eyert the beft of them on eith: The humanm mind in its pre-
fl~ t ttr ber vet ry i jir' dis liable to a mndltltide of. etr . P rejuihce, that great fource of
rror otte4sciii ! ii an ae c f oi or the hearts of heneft, nmeni without even their perceiving
itt'terdfel. ' ~f.mefh ~ o' eoii'e, lves 4ifgaLsfA, ,hen rnifrikes are peintid ont to
j~hem wIth ~deeenscyr candort a ~icnlld[[hipnprwilI tdier t qnnig i m11,'lt~ of ,truth, think then° owit
tJg&nmty degraded b}' JCxrcairn tihei' Ot,4'n er'rbOs. lr
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