Civil and Political History of New JerseyP. Keen & E. Chandler, 1848 - 500 Seiten |
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... Quaker . But still , the pre- vailing tendency , the general movement , on both sides of the Atlantic , was favorable to popular freedom . Under these circum- stances the interest of the founders of States became obvious , whatever ...
... Quaker . But still , the pre- vailing tendency , the general movement , on both sides of the Atlantic , was favorable to popular freedom . Under these circum- stances the interest of the founders of States became obvious , whatever ...
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... Quakers or Friends , a religious people who had experienced much opposition and per- secution , and there is reason to believe that a principal object pro- posed by Fenwick and Byllinge in making their purchase , was to secure a place ...
... Quakers or Friends , a religious people who had experienced much opposition and per- secution , and there is reason to believe that a principal object pro- posed by Fenwick and Byllinge in making their purchase , was to secure a place ...
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... Quakers or Friends became somewhat distinguished for the boldness with which they pursued their inquiries , and for the position they assumed in religious concerns . They went further than others in their ques- tionings , and rejected ...
... Quakers or Friends became somewhat distinguished for the boldness with which they pursued their inquiries , and for the position they assumed in religious concerns . They went further than others in their ques- tionings , and rejected ...
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... Quakers were summoned to the ecclesiastical courts , and prosecuted and condemned upon various pretences ; many were buried in prisons , and suffered the loss of their estates , and even of their lives . It is not wonderful , under ...
... Quakers were summoned to the ecclesiastical courts , and prosecuted and condemned upon various pretences ; many were buried in prisons , and suffered the loss of their estates , and even of their lives . It is not wonderful , under ...
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... Quaker legislation , and may be truly considered as exhibiting something of the character and temper of the people from whom it proceeded . The most searching and critical inquirer cannot but confess , that with some defects , it yet ...
... Quaker legislation , and may be truly considered as exhibiting something of the character and temper of the people from whom it proceeded . The most searching and critical inquirer cannot but confess , that with some defects , it yet ...
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Seite 268 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Seite 483 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Seite 482 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Seite 481 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Seite 483 - Resolved, that, in addition to the powers vested in the United States in Congress, by the present existing Articles of Confederation, they be authorized to pass acts for raising a revenue, by levying a duty or duties on all goods or...
Seite 481 - ... permanent harmony, and to report to the several States such an act relative to this great object, as, when unanimously ratified by them, would enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same.
Seite 485 - Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification ; and that each Convention assenting to, and ratifying the same, should give notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled.
Seite 357 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Seite 367 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Seite 450 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.