Some Papers Laid Before the Continental Congress, 1775-U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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... what is inher ent in all , the full and perfect powers of legislation To continue their connection with the friends whom they had left , they arranged powers of legislation . To con- tinue their connection with 8 Declaration on Taking Arms.
... what is inher ent in all , the full and perfect powers of legislation To continue their connection with the friends whom they had left , they arranged powers of legislation . To con- tinue their connection with 8 Declaration on Taking Arms.
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powers of legislation . To con- tinue their connection with the friends whom they had left and but loved they arranged them- selves by charters of compact un- der the same one common king who became the thro ' whom union was ensured to ...
powers of legislation . To con- tinue their connection with the friends whom they had left and but loved they arranged them- selves by charters of compact un- der the same one common king who became the thro ' whom union was ensured to ...
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... friends also . Her parliament then for the first time asserted a right of unbounded legislation for over the colonies of America : by an several acts passed in the years of the 5th the 6th and the 7th and the 8th years of the reign of ...
... friends also . Her parliament then for the first time asserted a right of unbounded legislation for over the colonies of America : by an several acts passed in the years of the 5th the 6th and the 7th and the 8th years of the reign of ...
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... any aid which their enemies might proffer . We " Friends and " was suggested by Dickinson . " “ In Britain or other , " inserted by Dickinson . -2 that we mean not in any wise to affect that Declaration on Taking Arms 17.
... any aid which their enemies might proffer . We " Friends and " was suggested by Dickinson . " “ In Britain or other , " inserted by Dickinson . -2 that we mean not in any wise to affect that Declaration on Taking Arms 17.
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... , yet still contending , took up the unfortunate idea of grant- ing them a hasty peace , and of then subduing her faithful friends . ried advanced by the Virtues and Abilities of one Man 22 Declaration on Taking Arms.
... , yet still contending , took up the unfortunate idea of grant- ing them a hasty peace , and of then subduing her faithful friends . ried advanced by the Virtues and Abilities of one Man 22 Declaration on Taking Arms.
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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.