Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 8R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... conventions , which proposed a provincial congress , and advised that they should not acknowledge or act with " Mandamus " counsellors , he declared by proclamation , that they were excused from assembling . On the re- commendation of ...
... conventions , which proposed a provincial congress , and advised that they should not acknowledge or act with " Mandamus " counsellors , he declared by proclamation , that they were excused from assembling . On the re- commendation of ...
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... convention had been as favourable and ho- nourable as the vanquished could expect ; the conduct of the American army to the unfortunate British troops had been marked with generosity and kindness ; and while awaiting the time of ...
... convention had been as favourable and ho- nourable as the vanquished could expect ; the conduct of the American army to the unfortunate British troops had been marked with generosity and kindness ; and while awaiting the time of ...
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... convention , and at the same time as affording ground to fear that he might , under such a pretext , at- tempt to disengage himself and his army from the obli- gations under which the treaty placed them ; were yet undecided to follow up ...
... convention , and at the same time as affording ground to fear that he might , under such a pretext , at- tempt to disengage himself and his army from the obli- gations under which the treaty placed them ; were yet undecided to follow up ...
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... convention for the purpose of digesting a form of government , equal to the exigencies of the Union . The first motion for this pur- pose was made by Mr. Madison : but the other states , convinced of the utility of the measure ...
... convention for the purpose of digesting a form of government , equal to the exigencies of the Union . The first motion for this pur- pose was made by Mr. Madison : but the other states , convinced of the utility of the measure ...
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John Sanderson Robert Waln, Henry Dilworth Gilpin. To this convention Mr. Gerry was appointed , as a representative of Massachusetts . Impressed with the necessity of a more energetic system than the old con- federation , and governed by ...
John Sanderson Robert Waln, Henry Dilworth Gilpin. To this convention Mr. Gerry was appointed , as a representative of Massachusetts . Impressed with the necessity of a more energetic system than the old con- federation , and governed by ...
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Страница 301 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Страница 266 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Страница 51 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Страница 211 - England, sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you, when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Страница 38 - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Страница 266 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Страница 263 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies.
Страница 307 - The king replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will never have any other.
Страница 307 - The King then asked me whether I came last from France, and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and smiling, or rather laughing, said : " There is an opinion among some people that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.