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Excerpt from The Speech of His Excellency Governor Strong, Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts, October 16, 1812: With the Documents, Which Accompanied the Same The period again approaches when Elec tors of a President and vice-president of the United States are to be appointed, and you have now assem bled that you may execute the important trust, of direct ing the manner of their appointment on the part of this State. I hope that nothing will interfere to prevent an impartial discharge of this publick duty. The language of the Constitution on this subject is imperative. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Electors. This form of expression was necessary; for it is obvious, that if the States should neglect to appoint Electors, the National Government would be at an end. In addition to this, the Constitution has required, that the members of the State Legislatures, and all executive officers shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. We have taken this oath and have also sworn impartially to perform all the duties incumbent on us as members of the State Government. Should this duty be neglect-i ed, the people of this state would, on this important oc casion, lose their political consequence, and be deprived of the rights of citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.