History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Cession of Florida, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-one: Comprising, Every Important Political Event; with a Progressive View of the Aborigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce ... and a Copious Alphabetical IndexBenjamin Warne, 1821 - 271 من الصفحات |
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... colonel of militia , there is not any occurence in the history of Virginia essential to be noticed in this work . The num- ber of its inhabitants then exceeded sixty - thousand ; by which it appears , that in the previous twenty - eight ...
... colonel of militia , there is not any occurence in the history of Virginia essential to be noticed in this work . The num- ber of its inhabitants then exceeded sixty - thousand ; by which it appears , that in the previous twenty - eight ...
الصفحة 66
... colonel Nichols , the officer intrusted with its reduction ; and , after him , by Colonel Lovelace ; under whom , the people lived very hap- pily , until his powers were annulled by the re - surrender of the colony ; an event caused by ...
... colonel Nichols , the officer intrusted with its reduction ; and , after him , by Colonel Lovelace ; under whom , the people lived very hap- pily , until his powers were annulled by the re - surrender of the colony ; an event caused by ...
الصفحة 78
... colonel , and young Washington lieuten- ant colonel . With two companies , the latter pushed forward as far as the Great Meadows ; where he sur- prised and captured , in the night , a party of French who were advancing towards the ...
... colonel , and young Washington lieuten- ant colonel . With two companies , the latter pushed forward as far as the Great Meadows ; where he sur- prised and captured , in the night , a party of French who were advancing towards the ...
الصفحة 80
... colonel Washington , and covered the retreat of their associates . Three successive campaigns had procured nothing but expense and disappointment . The French had the com- mand of the lakes , a complete ascendency over the Indians , and ...
... colonel Washington , and covered the retreat of their associates . Three successive campaigns had procured nothing but expense and disappointment . The French had the com- mand of the lakes , a complete ascendency over the Indians , and ...
الصفحة 83
... to contribute their mite , to relieve us from the weight of that heavy burthen under which we lie ? " - " They , planted by your carc ! " replied colonel Barré " No ; they were planted by your oppressions . THE UNITED STATES . 83.
... to contribute their mite , to relieve us from the weight of that heavy burthen under which we lie ? " - " They , planted by your carc ! " replied colonel Barré " No ; they were planted by your oppressions . THE UNITED STATES . 83.
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الصفحة 168 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
الصفحة 108 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
الصفحة 101 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We, have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
الصفحة 103 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
الصفحة 87 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
الصفحة 167 - It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular, those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress.
الصفحة 108 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
الصفحة 166 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
الصفحة 108 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 84 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat ; what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general. knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.