Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ...Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 - 495 страници |
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... command of the supreme law - giver , we are bound to surrender our rights into the hands of the first bold tyrant who dares to seize them ; and that when they are so seized , it is rebellion against Gon , and treason against the prince ...
... command of the supreme law - giver , we are bound to surrender our rights into the hands of the first bold tyrant who dares to seize them ; and that when they are so seized , it is rebellion against Gon , and treason against the prince ...
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... command : with the officers of this army , they ing of the ever memorable nineteenth of April last : have bribed men to sacrifice the rights of their flushed with the hopes of certain victory , and country : having artfully got their ...
... command : with the officers of this army , they ing of the ever memorable nineteenth of April last : have bribed men to sacrifice the rights of their flushed with the hopes of certain victory , and country : having artfully got their ...
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... command . I will explain my sentiments upon this subject by those of a friend , in his own words . " Tis best that reason govern man , ' Tis calm , deliberate , wise , Yet passions were not given in vain , Here then the difference lies ...
... command . I will explain my sentiments upon this subject by those of a friend , in his own words . " Tis best that reason govern man , ' Tis calm , deliberate , wise , Yet passions were not given in vain , Here then the difference lies ...
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... command of her armies , to chastise the man whom previous folly * had enthroned , and who soon presumed to treat his subjects , as all kings are wont to do , with contempt and injury , had no sooner despatched the foolish , imperious ...
... command of her armies , to chastise the man whom previous folly * had enthroned , and who soon presumed to treat his subjects , as all kings are wont to do , with contempt and injury , had no sooner despatched the foolish , imperious ...
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... command of the Corinthian auxiliaries , invenomed serpent to be discovered in the bushes : at first hesitated , his age , bis manners , his private not till a general trespass had been made upon the happiness and the endearments of his ...
... command of the Corinthian auxiliaries , invenomed serpent to be discovered in the bushes : at first hesitated , his age , bis manners , his private not till a general trespass had been made upon the happiness and the endearments of his ...
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Страница 311 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Страница 84 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Страница 389 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Страница 310 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?
Страница 360 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
Страница 310 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Страница 107 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Страница 310 - These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Страница 244 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Страница 360 - States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted...