A History of the United States of AmericaBarber & Robinson, 1824 - 400 Seiten |
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... minister of Salem ; on account of heretical opinions , connected perhaps with errours of conduct , he was summoned in 1636 , to appear before the General Court , and the ministers of the colony . Mr. Hooker was appointed to dis- pute ...
... minister of Salem ; on account of heretical opinions , connected perhaps with errours of conduct , he was summoned in 1636 , to appear before the General Court , and the ministers of the colony . Mr. Hooker was appointed to dis- pute ...
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... ministers of his justice . I do not pretend that your enemies are careless or indifferent : no , their hatred is inflamed , their lips thirst for blood ; they would devour you , and all the people of God ; but , my brave soldiers ...
... ministers of his justice . I do not pretend that your enemies are careless or indifferent : no , their hatred is inflamed , their lips thirst for blood ; they would devour you , and all the people of God ; but , my brave soldiers ...
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... minister of London . Theophilus Eaton , who had been governour of the East India Company , and Edward Hop- kins , a merchant of London . The unmolested enjoyment of civil and religious liberty was the object of their emigration , as it ...
... minister of London . Theophilus Eaton , who had been governour of the East India Company , and Edward Hop- kins , a merchant of London . The unmolested enjoyment of civil and religious liberty was the object of their emigration , as it ...
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... ministry of England , and designed to be enacted by the assembly in Virginia . One of those laws provided for raising a revenue for the support of government . It made the duties perpetual , and placed them under the direction of his ...
... ministry of England , and designed to be enacted by the assembly in Virginia . One of those laws provided for raising a revenue for the support of government . It made the duties perpetual , and placed them under the direction of his ...
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... ministers ; the inhabitants of the colony did not at this time , however , much exceed two thousand persons . In 1621 , the colony received a large accession to its numbers , and the governour and council were instructed " to take into ...
... ministers ; the inhabitants of the colony did not at this time , however , much exceed two thousand persons . In 1621 , the colony received a large accession to its numbers , and the governour and council were instructed " to take into ...
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Seite 296 - 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...
Seite 240 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Seite 296 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
Seite 285 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Seite 78 - God would not impute the guilt of it to ourselves nor others; and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers, as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with, and not experienced in , matters of that nature.
Seite 296 - ... 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.
Seite 240 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 220 - Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
Seite 152 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the Constitution along with her.
Seite 148 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the...