Proceedings on Unveiling the Monument to Caesar Rodney: And the Oration Delivered on the Occasion by Thomas F. Bayard, at Dover, Delaware, October 30th, 1889Delaware Printing Company, 1889 - 74 Seiten |
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Proceedings on Unveiling the Monument to Caesar Rodney, and the Oration ... Thomas Francis Bayard,Dover (Del ) Rodney Monument Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 17 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people.
Seite 33 - As a non-consumption agreement, strictly adhered to, will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we, as above, solemnly agree and associate, that from this day, we will not purchase or use any tea, imported on account of the...
Seite 33 - That we will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Seite 33 - And therefore we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several Colonies whom we represent, firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, as follows : FIRST.
Seite 9 - ... multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Seite 19 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years...
Seite 23 - ... and inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the protestant succession in your illustrious house, and deeply sensible of your royal attention to their prosperity and happiness, humbly beg leave to approach the throne, by representing to your majesty, that these colonies were originally planted by subjects of the British crown: who, animated with the spirit of liberty, encouraged by your majesty's royal predecessors, and confiding in the...
Seite 34 - Fourth, The earnest desire we have not to injure our fellowsubjects in Great Britain, Ireland, or the West Indies, induces us to suspend a non-exportation, until the tenth day of September...
Seite 41 - I think I can announce it as a fact, that it is not the wish or interest of that government, or any other upon this continent, separately or collectively, to set up for independence ; but this you may at the same time rely on, that none of them will ever submit to the loss of those valuable rights and privileges which are essential to the happiness of every free state, and without which, life...
Seite 33 - ... we have agreed not to import, which we shall know, or have cause to suspect, were imported after the first day of December, except such as come under the rules and directions of the tenth article hereafter mentioned.