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 - 495페이지 |
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... human ordinance , and the laws of every na the time of his being incorporated , should receive tion are the measure ... humanity , should I attempt to describe those barbarous and tragic scenes , which crimson the historic page of this ...
... human ordinance , and the laws of every na the time of his being incorporated , should receive tion are the measure ... humanity , should I attempt to describe those barbarous and tragic scenes , which crimson the historic page of this ...
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... human ble , we dare oppose demands of right , and appeal nature and self - preservation will eternally arm the to that constitution , which holds even kings in brave and vigilant , against slavery and oppression . As a despotic ...
... human ble , we dare oppose demands of right , and appeal nature and self - preservation will eternally arm the to that constitution , which holds even kings in brave and vigilant , against slavery and oppression . As a despotic ...
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... humanity and compassion . This noble affection which impels us to sacrifice every thing dear , even life itself , to our ... human eyes , must be ar- did those of the immortal band of Persia , the Ma- raigned , must lift your bands , red ...
... humanity and compassion . This noble affection which impels us to sacrifice every thing dear , even life itself , to our ... human eyes , must be ar- did those of the immortal band of Persia , the Ma- raigned , must lift your bands , red ...
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... human policy can lay . foreigners , and taxes imposed on every thing which we consumed ; nor would it have been strange , if , in a few years , a company in London should have purchased an exclusive right of trading to America . But ...
... human policy can lay . foreigners , and taxes imposed on every thing which we consumed ; nor would it have been strange , if , in a few years , a company in London should have purchased an exclusive right of trading to America . But ...
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... human blood , than a little attention to their general temper and dis- have often sunk a people into effeminacy and sloth.position , discovered when they cannot be supposed Hardships and dangers ( tho ' we forever strive to shun them ) ...
... human blood , than a little attention to their general temper and dis- have often sunk a people into effeminacy and sloth.position , discovered when they cannot be supposed Hardships and dangers ( tho ' we forever strive to shun them ) ...
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294 페이지 - I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir. It will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
294 페이지 - No, Sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
338 페이지 - ... fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.
369 페이지 - 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.
295 페이지 - Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle...
107 페이지 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community ; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-administration...
338 페이지 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire: since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
337 페이지 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
337 페이지 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
338 페이지 - 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...