Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes, Том 1Way and Gideon, 1823 |
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... proper measures to obtain a repeal of the several acts of the British parliament , for levying taxes upon his majesty's subjects in America , without their consent , and particularly an act lately passed for blocking up the port of ...
... proper measures to obtain a repeal of the several acts of the British parliament , for levying taxes upon his majesty's subjects in America , without their consent , and particularly an act lately passed for blocking up the port of ...
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... proper to attend the General Congress , to be held at Philadelphia , on the first of September next , as by said appointment , being unable , by reason of previous engagements and the state of their health , to attend said Congress , on ...
... proper to attend the General Congress , to be held at Philadelphia , on the first of September next , as by said appointment , being unable , by reason of previous engagements and the state of their health , to attend said Congress , on ...
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... proper materials for ascertaining the importance of each colony . Resolved , That no person shall speak more than twice on the same point , without leave of the Congress . Resolved , That no question shall be determined the day , on ...
... proper materials for ascertaining the importance of each colony . Resolved , That no person shall speak more than twice on the same point , without leave of the Congress . Resolved , That no question shall be determined the day , on ...
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... proper to be used for a restoration of our rights . After some debate on the subject , the Congress adjourned . MONDAY , September 26 , 1774. A. M. The Congress met according to adjournment . John Herring , esq . a deputy from Orange ...
... proper to be used for a restoration of our rights . After some debate on the subject , the Congress adjourned . MONDAY , September 26 , 1774. A. M. The Congress met according to adjournment . John Herring , esq . a deputy from Orange ...
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... proper footing , would be amply sufficient for their defence in time of peace ; that they are desirous of putting it on such a footing immediately , and that in case of war , the colonies are ready to grant supplies for raising any ...
... proper footing , would be amply sufficient for their defence in time of peace ; that they are desirous of putting it on such a footing immediately , and that in case of war , the colonies are ready to grant supplies for raising any ...
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Страница 30 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment, that a British parliament should ever consent to establish in that country, a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Страница 20 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Страница 84 - 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.
Страница 84 - As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire...
Страница 139 - Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence, (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court, or General Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make Provision also, for the support of the Civil Government, and the Administration of Justice...
Страница 43 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Страница 20 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Страница 407 - 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.
Страница 85 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Страница 21 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.