An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at Their Request, on the Sixty-first Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837Morss and Brewster, 1837 - 68 páginas |
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... blessings enjoyed , or in affliction for blessings lost ? In exultation at the ener- gies of your fathers , or in shame and confusion of face at your own degeneracy from their virtues ? Forgive the apparent rudeness of these enquiries ...
... blessings enjoyed , or in affliction for blessings lost ? In exultation at the ener- gies of your fathers , or in shame and confusion of face at your own degeneracy from their virtues ? Forgive the apparent rudeness of these enquiries ...
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... blessing to have had his name recorded on that list ? The act of abolishing the government under which they had lived , —of renouncing and abjuring the allegiance by which they had been bound , -of dethroning their sove- reign , and of ...
... blessing to have had his name recorded on that list ? The act of abolishing the government under which they had lived , —of renouncing and abjuring the allegiance by which they had been bound , -of dethroning their sove- reign , and of ...
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... , and its most instructive lesson was to teach the new confeder- ate Republic the inestimable value of the blessings of peace , When the peace came , all controversy with Great Britain , with regard to the principles upon which 27.
... , and its most instructive lesson was to teach the new confeder- ate Republic the inestimable value of the blessings of peace , When the peace came , all controversy with Great Britain , with regard to the principles upon which 27.
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... blessing to a nation ? And are you not surfeited with the aggrandizement of your territory ? Instead of one million of square miles , have you not more than two ? Are not Louisiana and both the Floridas yours ? Instead of sharing with ...
... blessing to a nation ? And are you not surfeited with the aggrandizement of your territory ? Instead of one million of square miles , have you not more than two ? Are not Louisiana and both the Floridas yours ? Instead of sharing with ...
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... blessings of good government manifested by the enjoyment of liberty , by the security of property , by the freedom of thought , of speech , of action , pervading every portion of the community ? Appeal to your own experience , my fellow ...
... blessings of good government manifested by the enjoyment of liberty , by the security of property , by the freedom of thought , of speech , of action , pervading every portion of the community ? Appeal to your own experience , my fellow ...
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absolved adopted affirm allegiance announced appeal articles of confederation assembled authority birth birth-day blessings book of Isaiah bound boundaries Britain broken hearted captives charters Christian civil claiming Colonies unite Committee of Arrangements compact condition confederacy Congress Constitution countrymen Declaration of Independence earth equal station exclusive regulation fathers fellow citizens free and independent friends and fellow fulfilment hath heavenly host human inhabitants of Newburyport institution internal police JOHN BRADBURY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS King laws of Nature liberty Lord meek ment mittee moral nations Nature's never numbers original draught Parliament parties peace perpetual union pledge portion preach good tidings principles proclaimed promulgated prophet race regulation and government resolution revised draught reported Saviour second article sixty-first anniversary slavery solemn sove sovereign power sovereignty spirit of union thirteen British Colonies thirteen Colonies tion twelfth of July twentieth of August unalienable rights United Colonies voice whole words world of mankind
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Página 16 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Página 48 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 30 - That It be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents In particular, and America In general.
Página 58 - ... to the poor : he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, . .To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Página 12 - Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Página 19 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Página 57 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Página 29 - And whereas, it appears absolutely irreconcileable to reason and good Conscience, for the people of these colonies now to take the oaths and affirmations necessary for the support of any government under the crown of Great 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...
Página 61 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Página 61 - Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.