Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ...Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 - 495 من الصفحات |
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... appoint to act in his stead , is supposed to have a just sense of his own interest , which is that of all the subjects in general , His consent is also neces- sary , and when the consent of these three branches is obtained , the ...
... appoint to act in his stead , is supposed to have a just sense of his own interest , which is that of all the subjects in general , His consent is also neces- sary , and when the consent of these three branches is obtained , the ...
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... appointed this anniversary as a standard memorial of the your power to secure your rights ; at least prevent the curses of posterity from being heaped upon your memories . BLOODY CONSEQUENCES OF PLACING AN ARMED FORCE IN A POPULOUS CITY ...
... appointed this anniversary as a standard memorial of the your power to secure your rights ; at least prevent the curses of posterity from being heaped upon your memories . BLOODY CONSEQUENCES OF PLACING AN ARMED FORCE IN A POPULOUS CITY ...
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... appointed , and mankind submitted to a civil and political subordination . This is truly a glorious inspiration of reason , by whose influence , notwith standing the inclination we have for independence , we accept control , for the ...
... appointed , and mankind submitted to a civil and political subordination . This is truly a glorious inspiration of reason , by whose influence , notwith standing the inclination we have for independence , we accept control , for the ...
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... appointed to promote and seof , and crammed down their throats , by measures cure ; y unappointed , self constituted age..t in the equally iniquitous . Britis : parliament , bas fraudulently and arbitrarily I will not alarm the ...
... appointed to promote and seof , and crammed down their throats , by measures cure ; y unappointed , self constituted age..t in the equally iniquitous . Britis : parliament , bas fraudulently and arbitrarily I will not alarm the ...
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... appoint a legislature , to assess the ample domains of the most sensible , opulent American planter . But remember , my brethren , when a people have Junius well observes , " when the constitution is once sold their liberties , it is no ...
... appoint a legislature , to assess the ample domains of the most sensible , opulent American planter . But remember , my brethren , when a people have Junius well observes , " when the constitution is once sold their liberties , it is no ...
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الصفحة 311 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
الصفحة 84 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
الصفحة 389 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
الصفحة 310 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?
الصفحة 360 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
الصفحة 310 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
الصفحة 107 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
الصفحة 310 - These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
الصفحة 244 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
الصفحة 360 - States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted...