Some Papers Laid Before the Continental Congress, 1775-U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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... answer of the Virginia Assembly on that subject having been approved I was requested by the commee to prepare this report , which will account for the similarity of feature in the two instruments . ” Writings of Thomas Jefferson ...
... answer of the Virginia Assembly on that subject having been approved I was requested by the commee to prepare this report , which will account for the similarity of feature in the two instruments . ” Writings of Thomas Jefferson ...
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... answer or by delaying of a the definitive answer or by an artful procrastination of a definitive answer . controul , may be exercised to our great oppression ; and all history shews how efficacious is its inter- cession for redress of ...
... answer or by delaying of a the definitive answer or by an artful procrastination of a definitive answer . controul , may be exercised to our great oppression ; and all history shews how efficacious is its inter- cession for redress of ...
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... answer the substantial purposes of govermt and of justice , and other purposes than these should not be answered . We do not mean to burthen that our peo- ple shall be burthened with heavy and oppressive taxes to provide sinecures for ...
... answer the substantial purposes of govermt and of justice , and other purposes than these should not be answered . We do not mean to burthen that our peo- ple shall be burthened with heavy and oppressive taxes to provide sinecures for ...
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... answered with new and accumulated injury , should be given for the operation of those arms , which a British minister pronounced would in- stantaneously reduce the " cow- ardly " sons of America to unre- served submission . But , when ...
... answered with new and accumulated injury , should be given for the operation of those arms , which a British minister pronounced would in- stantaneously reduce the " cow- ardly " sons of America to unre- served submission . But , when ...
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... answers to the same as they shall be authorized to give . To correspond with the several Conventions , Assemblies , or Com- mittees of safety , with the Committee of Congress sent to Canada , the Commissioners for Indian affairs ; and ...
... answers to the same as they shall be authorized to give . To correspond with the several Conventions , Assemblies , or Com- mittees of safety , with the Committee of Congress sent to Canada , the Commissioners for Indian affairs ; and ...
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Страница 35 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right...
Страница 33 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Страница 23 - ... its deepest foundations. The new ministry, finding the brave foes of Britain, though frequently defeated, yet still contending, took up the unfortunate idea of granting them a hasty peace, and of then subduing her faithful friends. These devoted colonies were judged to be in such a state as to present victories without bloodshed, and all the easy emoluments of statuteable plunder. The uninterrupted tenor of their peaceable and respectful behaviour from the beginning of colonization, their dutiful,...
Страница 27 - ... colonies ; and therefore they besought his majesty that he would take the most effectual measures to enforce due obedience to the laws and authority of the supreme Legislature.
Страница 35 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it, for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before.
Страница 29 - Bay, and still occupied it as a garrison, on the 19th day of April, sent out from that place a large detachment of his army, who made an unprovoked assault on the inhabitants of the said province, at the town of Lexington, as appears by the affidavits of a great number of persons, some of whom were officers and soldiers of that detachment, murdered eight of the inhabitants, and wounded many others. From thence the troops proceeded in warlike array to the town of Concord, where they set...
Страница 22 - ... intercourse was established between the colonies and the kingdom from which they derived their origin. The mutual benefits of this union became in a short time so extraordinary as to excite astonishment. It is universally confessed, that the amazing increase of the wealth, strength, and navigation of the realm, arose from this source; and the minister who so wisely and successfully directed the measures of Great Britain in the late war, publicly declared that these colonies enabled her to triumph...
Страница 22 - America, then filled with numerous and warlike nations of barbarians. Societies or governments, vested with perfect legislatures, were formed under charters from the Crown, and an harmonious intercourse was established between the colonies and the kingdom from which they derived their origin. The mutual benefits of this union became in a short time so extraordinary as to excite astonishment.
Страница 56 - ... and disposable by Parliament) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government, and the administration of justice, in such province or colony, it will be proper, if such proposal shall be approved by his Majesty and the...
Страница 33 - Divine favour towards us, that His providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy until we were grown up to our present strength, had been previously exercised in warlike operations, and possessed of the means of defending ourselves.