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 sider |
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... king , and tragedy . fought under a parliament with great success and glory ; but , upon a motion to disband them ... king , or against those who paid jealousy ; and that the laws and constitution of Eng- and cloathed them - for there it ...
... king , and tragedy . fought under a parliament with great success and glory ; but , upon a motion to disband them ... king , or against those who paid jealousy ; and that the laws and constitution of Eng- and cloathed them - for there it ...
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... king of England was said the last , where is our check upon the following they settled down powers , France , Spain , the states of Holland , or to be the royal landlord of this territory ; with the British parliaments ? now if any one ...
... king of England was said the last , where is our check upon the following they settled down powers , France , Spain , the states of Holland , or to be the royal landlord of this territory ; with the British parliaments ? now if any one ...
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... king , and with us , either the king in person , or the governor whom he shall be pleased to appoint to act in his stead , is supposed to have a just sense of his own interest , which is that of all the subjects in general , His consent ...
... king , and with us , either the king in person , or the governor whom he shall be pleased to appoint to act in his stead , is supposed to have a just sense of his own interest , which is that of all the subjects in general , His consent ...
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... king , who may act either in person or by his re - ties and IMMUNITIES of British subjects , a standing presentative ; and I freely confess that I can see no reason why a PROCLAMATION for raising in Ame- rica , issued by the king's sole ...
... king , who may act either in person or by his re - ties and IMMUNITIES of British subjects , a standing presentative ; and I freely confess that I can see no reason why a PROCLAMATION for raising in Ame- rica , issued by the king's sole ...
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... king against the people , are the highest treason against the highest law among men . ‡ " If the king ( says Grotius ) hath one part of the supreme power , and the other part is in the senate or people , when such a king shall invade ...
... king against the people , are the highest treason against the highest law among men . ‡ " If the king ( says Grotius ) hath one part of the supreme power , and the other part is in the senate or people , when such a king shall invade ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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?
Side 244 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Side 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...