Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... friends in London in his behalf ; but the only motive which he urges for this purpose is , " his laudable am- bition to do his country service . " The motive was weak , or the influence of his friends ineffectual , and he was left in ...
... friends in London in his behalf ; but the only motive which he urges for this purpose is , " his laudable am- bition to do his country service . " The motive was weak , or the influence of his friends ineffectual , and he was left in ...
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... friends , the redeemed treasury bills , which honesty of purpose in the duties of his office , required him to destroy , least at any time , the colony by them might sustain some loss . The odium of malignant motive , too frequently ...
... friends , the redeemed treasury bills , which honesty of purpose in the duties of his office , required him to destroy , least at any time , the colony by them might sustain some loss . The odium of malignant motive , too frequently ...
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... friends in London and in the colo- nies , one month after the passage of that odious measure . Would any rational being risk his life , and renounce his liberty , to obtain the unenviable state of an op- pressed slave ? Yet such would ...
... friends in London and in the colo- nies , one month after the passage of that odious measure . Would any rational being risk his life , and renounce his liberty , to obtain the unenviable state of an op- pressed slave ? Yet such would ...
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... friend , which he pro- mised to accept , but a few days deliberation con- vinced him of the consequences of the measure to his country , and therefore he forwarded no duplicate of his letter , but pursued such a course before the ap ...
... friend , which he pro- mised to accept , but a few days deliberation con- vinced him of the consequences of the measure to his country , and therefore he forwarded no duplicate of his letter , but pursued such a course before the ap ...
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... friends to Ameri- can liberty or opposers of the power of the ministry , and gratitude prompted or policy made it necessary to secure , for future emergencies , the support of advo- cates so powerful . Hence the proposal of Mr. Lee to ...
... friends to Ameri- can liberty or opposers of the power of the ministry , and gratitude prompted or policy made it necessary to secure , for future emergencies , the support of advo- cates so powerful . Hence the proposal of Mr. Lee to ...
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Страница 29 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Страница 34 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them ; thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.
Страница 22 - Correspondence, that they communicate, with their several Corresponding Committees, on the expediency of appointing Deputies from the several Colonies of British America, to meet in general Congress, at such place annually as shall be thought most convenient: there to deliberate on those general measures which the united interests of America may from time to time require.
Страница 184 - And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the constitutions, between the thirteen original States, and each of the States described in the resolve.
Страница 161 - ... firmly to unite in the abhorrence of all such writings, and measures, as evidence a desire and design to break off the happy connection we have hitherto enjoyed with the kingdom of Great Britain, and our just and necessary subordination to the king, and those who are lawfully placed in authority under him.
Страница 161 - But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.
Страница 134 - States, in framing such further confederation between them, in making foreign alliances, and in adopting such other measures as shall be judged necessary for the preservation of their...
Страница 184 - That there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the States described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d of April, 1784, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been personally guilty...