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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... ment . Anarchy can be but of a short duration ; for when men are at liberty to pursue that course which is most conducive to their own happiness , they will soon come into it , and from the rudest state of nature , order and good ...
... ment . Anarchy can be but of a short duration ; for when men are at liberty to pursue that course which is most conducive to their own happiness , they will soon come into it , and from the rudest state of nature , order and good ...
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... ment by laws , " made agreeable to charters , bills of infatuating ambition , and relentless cruelty , to of rights or compacts , but a power existing in the be entailed on those whose vanity may lead them people at large , at any time ...
... ment by laws , " made agreeable to charters , bills of infatuating ambition , and relentless cruelty , to of rights or compacts , but a power existing in the be entailed on those whose vanity may lead them people at large , at any time ...
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... ment . But in republics , ' till the introduction of citizens who served in them with foreign mercena- a soldiery , distinct from the citizens , we find them ries , laid the horrid foundation . The door was now as remote from corruption ...
... ment . But in republics , ' till the introduction of citizens who served in them with foreign mercena- a soldiery , distinct from the citizens , we find them ries , laid the horrid foundation . The door was now as remote from corruption ...
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... ment , which had long stood by the exactest balance altars of her gods whom she was too haughty to of its powers , even against the corruption of its appease . Would to heaven , for her sake , we too ministers , they found themselves ...
... ment , which had long stood by the exactest balance altars of her gods whom she was too haughty to of its powers , even against the corruption of its appease . Would to heaven , for her sake , we too ministers , they found themselves ...
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... ment . who , fearless of danger , undaunted by opposition , uninfluenced by the hope of reward , in the worst of times , has stood among the foremost , an early , active , zealous , disinterested champion , in the cause of American ...
... ment . who , fearless of danger , undaunted by opposition , uninfluenced by the hope of reward , in the worst of times , has stood among the foremost , an early , active , zealous , disinterested champion , in the cause of American ...
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Página 354 - 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 304 - 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.
Página 353 - I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven. The successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations ; and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Página 304 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Página 107 - Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union : But no other colony shall be admitted into the. same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Página 354 - ... 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, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seems to presage.
Página 353 - ... 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 304 - 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.
Página 304 - 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: if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir,...
Página 122 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.