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 páginas |
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... continent , for tending the authority of acts of the British parlia- ment over this colony , by making the judges de- pendent on the British administration for their support . But this people will never be enslaved with their eyes open ...
... continent , for tending the authority of acts of the British parlia- ment over this colony , by making the judges de- pendent on the British administration for their support . But this people will never be enslaved with their eyes open ...
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... continent had been culti vated and defended : when the hardy adventurers justly expected that they and their descendants Some demon , in an evil hour , suggested to a should peaceably have enjoyed the harvest of those short - sighted ...
... continent had been culti vated and defended : when the hardy adventurers justly expected that they and their descendants Some demon , in an evil hour , suggested to a should peaceably have enjoyed the harvest of those short - sighted ...
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... continent . If charters are not deemed sacred , how miserably precarious is every thing founded upon them . upon But , pardon me , my fellow - citizens , I know you want not zeal or fortitude . You will maintain your rights or perish in ...
... continent . If charters are not deemed sacred , how miserably precarious is every thing founded upon them . upon But , pardon me , my fellow - citizens , I know you want not zeal or fortitude . You will maintain your rights or perish in ...
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... continent in a single cam- enemies exulting o'er his corpse , beautiful aven in paign , with a single regiment , they have proceed- death , when we remember that , destitute of the ed- -one mile and an half in the conquest of it . rites ...
... continent in a single cam- enemies exulting o'er his corpse , beautiful aven in paign , with a single regiment , they have proceed- death , when we remember that , destitute of the ed- -one mile and an half in the conquest of it . rites ...
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... continent . to that luxury , which effeminates the mind and We feel , my beloved friends , our obligations to body , they are capable of enduring incredible hard - you ! our hearts confess them ; we cordially wish it ships ; with ...
... continent . to that luxury , which effeminates the mind and We feel , my beloved friends , our obligations to body , they are capable of enduring incredible hard - you ! our hearts confess them ; we cordially wish it ships ; with ...
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Página 294 - 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.
Página 294 - 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.
Página 338 - ... 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.
Página 369 - 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.
Página 295 - 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...
Página 107 - 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...
Página 338 - 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...
Página 337 - 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.
Página 337 - 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.
Página 338 - 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...