Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volum 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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Side 24
... situation ; they confessed that they were engaged in a controversy peculiarly abhor- rent to their affections , and whose only object was to restore the harmony which had formerly existed between the two countries , and to establish ...
... situation ; they confessed that they were engaged in a controversy peculiarly abhor- rent to their affections , and whose only object was to restore the harmony which had formerly existed between the two countries , and to establish ...
Side 27
... situation , in which there was nothing to dazzle and little to interest , and to bring them if possible into our alliance . As such , it would become a matter of deep reflection by prudent if not unfeeling statesmen , far removed from ...
... situation , in which there was nothing to dazzle and little to interest , and to bring them if possible into our alliance . As such , it would become a matter of deep reflection by prudent if not unfeeling statesmen , far removed from ...
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... situation of his family , and the embarrassed position of public affairs , especially in his own state , he was con- vinced that to remain in America , would be more useful than to go abroad , and in a letter to congress of the eleventh ...
... situation of his family , and the embarrassed position of public affairs , especially in his own state , he was con- vinced that to remain in America , would be more useful than to go abroad , and in a letter to congress of the eleventh ...
Side 45
... 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 enemies ...
... 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 enemies ...
Side 47
... diately , and more , if necessary . I hope ere long to be able to give you a more certain statement of the enemy's as well as our own situation . " 4 The legislature , becoming fully aware of their danger , JEFFERSON . 47.
... diately , and more , if necessary . I hope ere long to be able to give you a more certain statement of the enemy's as well as our own situation . " 4 The legislature , becoming fully aware of their danger , JEFFERSON . 47.
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...