Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volumen7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... present king of Great Britain is a history of [ repeated ] unremitting injuries and usurpa- tions , among which appears no solitary fact to contra- dict the uniform tenor of the rest ; but all have [ all having , ] in direct object ...
... present king of Great Britain is a history of [ repeated ] unremitting injuries and usurpa- tions , among which appears no solitary fact to contra- dict the uniform tenor of the rest ; but all have [ all having , ] in direct object ...
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... present , to adhere to the original plan , imperfect as on all hands it was acknowledged to be . The extremes of right and wrong are said very closely to approach each other . An incident in the political history of Virginia , does not ...
... present , to adhere to the original plan , imperfect as on all hands it was acknowledged to be . The extremes of right and wrong are said very closely to approach each other . An incident in the political history of Virginia , does not ...
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... present situation , will enable you to bear against it with the firmness which has distinguished you as a sol- dier , and to look forward with pleasure to the day when events shall take place , against which the wounded pride of your ...
... present situation , will enable you to bear against it with the firmness which has distinguished you as a sol- dier , and to look forward with pleasure to the day when events shall take place , against which the wounded pride of your ...
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... presents of the situation of the state , and the personal feelings of Mr. Jefferson , give it an import- ance , more than sufficient , to compensate for its length . " I have just been advised , " he writes on the twenty- eighth of May ...
... presents of the situation of the state , and the personal feelings of Mr. Jefferson , give it an import- ance , more than sufficient , to compensate for its length . " I have just been advised , " he writes on the twenty- eighth of May ...
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... present campaign . Should the enemy be able to obtain no opportunity of annihilating the marquis's army , a small proportion of their force may yet restrain his movements effectually , while the greater part is employed in detach- ments ...
... present campaign . Should the enemy be able to obtain no opportunity of annihilating the marquis's army , a small proportion of their force may yet restrain his movements effectually , while the greater part is employed in detach- ments ...
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Página 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Página 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Página 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Página 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Página 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...