Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of IndependenceW. Reed & Company, 1829 - 460 Seiten |
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... instructions of this committee were drawn by Mr. Adams . They formed , in truth , a powerful remonstrance against ... instruction to our agent , at this most critical juncture . " " We also desire you to use your endeavours , that the ...
... instructions of this committee were drawn by Mr. Adams . They formed , in truth , a powerful remonstrance against ... instruction to our agent , at this most critical juncture . " " We also desire you to use your endeavours , that the ...
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... instructions of congress ; and his obstinate independence , unshaken by the alternate threats and blandishments of the court of Ver- sailles , occasioned an effort by the Count de Vergennes to obtain , through the French minister in ...
... instructions of congress ; and his obstinate independence , unshaken by the alternate threats and blandishments of the court of Ver- sailles , occasioned an effort by the Count de Vergennes to obtain , through the French minister in ...
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... instructions from congress , to govern themselves by the opinion and advice of the French minister . But , as Mr. Adams had , on a former occasion , found it necessary to depart from instruc- tions of a similar import ; the other ...
... instructions from congress , to govern themselves by the opinion and advice of the French minister . But , as Mr. Adams had , on a former occasion , found it necessary to depart from instruc- tions of a similar import ; the other ...
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... instructions , used the following language : " The manner of your reception at that court , and its temper , views , and dispositions respecting American objects , are mat- ters concerning which particular information might be no less ...
... instructions , used the following language : " The manner of your reception at that court , and its temper , views , and dispositions respecting American objects , are mat- ters concerning which particular information might be no less ...
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... instruction , in our present unhappy and perplexing circumstances , from any former experience ; yet we doubt not , the purity of our intentions , and the integrity of our conduct , will justify us at that great tribunal , before which ...
... instruction , in our present unhappy and perplexing circumstances , from any former experience ; yet we doubt not , the purity of our intentions , and the integrity of our conduct , will justify us at that great tribunal , before which ...
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Seite 393 - 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 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled " an Act, supplementary to an act) entitled an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 53 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America,...
Seite 64 - 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...
Seite 125 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Seite 393 - ... 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 63 - Mr. President — Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust. However, as the Congress desire it, I will enter upon the momentous duty, and exert every power I possess in their service, and for the support of the glorious cause.
Seite 362 - Resolved, That by two royal charters, granted by king James the first, the colonists aforesaid, are declared entitled to all the privileges, liberties, and immunities, of denizens and natural born subjects, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England.
Seite 380 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — [" Treason " cried the Speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 39 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper: they have been wronged: they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side.