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 עמודים |
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עמוד 19
... bave already shaken the empire to its centre from slavery and Pagan ignorance , should , with yet still it is persisted in . Regardless of the voice thankful tongues , offer up their prayers and of reason - deaf to the prayers and ...
... bave already shaken the empire to its centre from slavery and Pagan ignorance , should , with yet still it is persisted in . Regardless of the voice thankful tongues , offer up their prayers and of reason - deaf to the prayers and ...
עמוד 37
... established by law.- Hence the few princes who have not been either the scourge or disgrace of the kingdoms they bave ruled . they were raised to , they therefore petitioned their But PRINCIPLES AND ACTS OF THE REVOLUTION $ 7.
... established by law.- Hence the few princes who have not been either the scourge or disgrace of the kingdoms they bave ruled . they were raised to , they therefore petitioned their But PRINCIPLES AND ACTS OF THE REVOLUTION $ 7.
עמוד 63
... bave derived their existence from violence or acci . dental eircumstances , and are therefore probably more distant from their perfection , which , though beyond our reach , may nevertheless be approached under the guidance of reason ...
... bave derived their existence from violence or acci . dental eircumstances , and are therefore probably more distant from their perfection , which , though beyond our reach , may nevertheless be approached under the guidance of reason ...
עמוד 163
... bave been open we formerly found in the pursuit of it , will force to the governors and shut to the people . This us , if we have any sense left , to return to the good must necessarily led us to countenance the jobs of old path we ...
... bave been open we formerly found in the pursuit of it , will force to the governors and shut to the people . This us , if we have any sense left , to return to the good must necessarily led us to countenance the jobs of old path we ...
עמוד 167
... bave a direct and manifest tendency to deprive us , in the end , of all political freedom , and reduce us to a state of dependence , inconsistent with that liberty we have rightfully enjoyed under the go vernment of his present most ...
... bave a direct and manifest tendency to deprive us , in the end , of all political freedom , and reduce us to a state of dependence , inconsistent with that liberty we have rightfully enjoyed under the go vernment of his present most ...
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עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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,...
עמוד 122 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.