The National Centennial Commemoration: Proceedings on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Introduction and Adoption of the "Resolutions Respecting Independency" ; Held in Philadelphia on the Evening of June 7, 1876Committee, 1876 - 89 страници |
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... persons who bore an important part in their early history . Among these are portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh , Pocahontas , Lord Baltimore , Governor Spottiswoode , and Pat- rick Henry . Near by are cases containing a number of curious ...
... persons who bore an important part in their early history . Among these are portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh , Pocahontas , Lord Baltimore , Governor Spottiswoode , and Pat- rick Henry . Near by are cases containing a number of curious ...
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... first settlement in 1607 , and while we revive every event in the progressive advance of true liberty , we shall be enabled to realize the vitality of the men- the Founders of the country - in their persons , 2 1776. ...
... first settlement in 1607 , and while we revive every event in the progressive advance of true liberty , we shall be enabled to realize the vitality of the men- the Founders of the country - in their persons , 2 1776. ...
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... persons , and thus keep in view as exemplars the principles for which they struggled . Among the events incumbent upon us to commemorate in this Centennial season , is that which achieves its one hun- dredth anniversary this day - June ...
... persons , and thus keep in view as exemplars the principles for which they struggled . Among the events incumbent upon us to commemorate in this Centennial season , is that which achieves its one hun- dredth anniversary this day - June ...
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... person or persons what- soever , other than the General Assembly aforesaid , has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom . " The author of these resolutions , which rent an empire , left a copy in his own ...
... person or persons what- soever , other than the General Assembly aforesaid , has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom . " The author of these resolutions , which rent an empire , left a copy in his own ...
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... person , I am enabled to give you a sketch of this memorable occasion . Says Edmund Randolph : " When the disposition of the people as exhibited by their represen- tatives could not be mistaken , Henry had full indulgence of his own ...
... person , I am enabled to give you a sketch of this memorable occasion . Says Edmund Randolph : " When the disposition of the people as exhibited by their represen- tatives could not be mistaken , Henry had full indulgence of his own ...
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2d of July absolved ADDRESS allegiance American army assembled Benjamin Britain British Crown CENTENNIAL HYMN Chairman CHARLES HENRY HART Charles Thomson CHORUS citizens colonists Committee Conly Connecticut Continental Congress Convention day of July Declaration of Independence Delaware delegates earnest Edmund Pendleton eloquent exhibited favor Francis Francis Hopkinson Franklin free and independent George glorious glory Governor gress Hampshire Historical Society honor Hopkinson hundred years ago Independence Hall instructions James Otis Jefferson Jersey John Adams June King LADIES AND GENTLEMEN liberty Lippitt mankind Maryland Massachusetts McKean memory mother country National Centennial Commemoration noble North patriotic pendence Penn Pennsylvania Peyster Philadelphia Pinckney posterity present President proceedings representative Republic RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING INDEPENDENCY Resolved Restoration of Independence Rhode Island Richard Henry Lee Rodney Samuel Adams Samuel Chase South Carolina Thomas tion to-day unanimous union United Colonies Virginia vote Wallace Washington William words York
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Страница 84 - Covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Страница 31 - ... angelic symphony. For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold, And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould, And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. Yea, Truth, and Justice then Will down return to men, Orb'd in a rainbow; and, like glories wearing, Mercy will sit between Throned in celestial sheen, With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steering; And Heaven,...
Страница 84 - In the name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith...
Страница 63 - ... blood, and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even although we should rue it, — which, I trust in God, we shall not.
Страница 11 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Страница 18 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Страница 52 - December last be recalled, and the restrictions therein contained removed ; and that the Deputies of said Colony, or any three or more of them, be authorized and empowered to concur with the other United Colonies, or a majority of them, in declaring the United Colonies free and independent States...
Страница 22 - O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew!
Страница 23 - ... tempting our slaves, by every artifice, to resort to him, and training and employing them against their masters.
Страница 61 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world— that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.