1765-1812J. B. Piet, 1879 |
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... United States Framed - Unhappy Divisions - Luther Martin's Opposition to the Constitution - State Rights - Proposed Amendments to the Constitution - The Maryland Convention- Adoption of Declaration of Rights and Constitution - Selection ...
... United States Framed - Unhappy Divisions - Luther Martin's Opposition to the Constitution - State Rights - Proposed Amendments to the Constitution - The Maryland Convention- Adoption of Declaration of Rights and Constitution - Selection ...
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... united supplications of America from reaching the royal ear . We hope the conduct of this house will ever evince their reverence and respect for the laws , and faithful attachment to the Constitution ; but we can- not be brought to ...
... united supplications of America from reaching the royal ear . We hope the conduct of this house will ever evince their reverence and respect for the laws , and faithful attachment to the Constitution ; but we can- not be brought to ...
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... United States from the State of Maryland , under the new Federal Constitution . In drawing lots to determine who of the Senators should serve for two , four and six years respectively , Mr. Carroll drew the short term of two years ...
... United States from the State of Maryland , under the new Federal Constitution . In drawing lots to determine who of the Senators should serve for two , four and six years respectively , Mr. Carroll drew the short term of two years ...
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... United Colonies , " Washington left Philadelphia on the 21st of June to take command of the army , and arrived at Cambridge , in Massachusetts , on the 2d of July . Congress , besides creating a continental currency in order to defray ...
... United Colonies , " Washington left Philadelphia on the 21st of June to take command of the army , and arrived at Cambridge , in Massachusetts , on the 2d of July . Congress , besides creating a continental currency in order to defray ...
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... united colonies , by name or description , rebels and traitors ; are sufficient causes to arm a free people in defence of their liberty , and justify resistance , no longer dictated by prudence merely , but by necessity , and leave no ...
... united colonies , by name or description , rebels and traitors ; are sufficient causes to arm a free people in defence of their liberty , and justify resistance , no longer dictated by prudence merely , but by necessity , and leave no ...
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Страница 497 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Страница 498 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Страница 531 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Страница 466 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Страница 534 - Convention; they are the more naturally led to this conclusion, as in the course of their reflections on the subject, they have been induced to think, that the power of regulating trade is of such comprehensive extent, and will enter so far into the general System of the federal government...
Страница 498 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict, and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellowcitizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command, it will continue to animate remotest ages.
Страница 612 - They have captured in the very entrance of our harbors, as well as on the high seas, not only the vessels of our friends coming to trade with us but our own also. They have carried them off under...
Страница 497 - The great events, on which my resignation depended, having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of ray country.
Страница 534 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Страница 544 - The Convention having impartially discussed and fully considered the Constitution of the United States of America, reported to Congress by the Convention of Delegates from the United States of America, and submitted to us by a resolution of the General Court of...