Vermont in Quandary, 1763-1825Vermont Historical Society, 1949 - 318 Seiten |
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Seite 49 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 65 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are a part only of that community...
Seite 52 - ... to inquire, whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part, during the last septenary (including the year of their service); and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution.
Seite 44 - We the subscribers inhabitants of that District of Land commonly called and known by the name of the New Hampshire Grants, do voluntarily and solemnly Engage under all the ties held sacred amongst Mankind at the Risque of our Lives and fortunes to Defend, by arms, the United American States...
Seite 62 - Esq ; the day was noticed here bv a discharge of cannon, &c. A circumstance which then occurred, being singular, may deserve notice — About 10 o'clock, the scholars of the 1 Seth Warner (1743-1784). * A constitutional convention was held at Manchester, Vermont, in June and . July, 1786. See Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, i. 84, iii. 110 note. ' Richard Price (1723-1791). 4 Massachusetts Centinel, 5 March, 1785, p. 3/2. several publick schools in town, to the number...
Seite 10 - Least he should imbibe in his Youth that Low Craft and Cunning, so Incident to the People of that Country, which is so interwoven in their constitutions, that all their art cannot Disguise it from the World, Tho' many of them under the Sanctified Garb of Religion have Endeavour'd to Impose themselves on the World for Honest Men.
Seite 259 - A Compressed View of the Points to be Discussed, in Treating with the United States of America; AD 1814, with an Appendix and Two Maps.
Seite 10 - Connecticut lest he should imbibe in his youth that low craft and cunning so incident to the people of that country, which is so interwoven in their constitutions that all their art cannot disguise it from the world, though many of them under the sanctified garb of religion have endeavored to impose themselves on the world as honest men.
Seite 197 - Fay was . . . negotiating a union with Canada &c. &c. when the news of Lord Cornwallis's misfortune reached Vermont, which suspended the negotiation and finally put an end to it. That Vermont has nothing to gain by entering into a...
Seite 38 - Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during His Majesty's Pleasure, annexed to, and made Part and Parcel of, the Province of Quebec, as created and established by the said Royal Proclamation of the Seventh of October, One thousand seven hundred and sixty three.