 Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to...  Niles' National Register - Seite 841816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1896 - 812 Seiten
...slaves. Lest this Deelaration sheuld disqniet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the Empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve...that union which has so long and so happily subsisted betwcen ns, and which we sincerely wish to sce restored. Necessity has not yet driven ns into that... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 556 Seiten
..." Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve...wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us to that desperate measure." — Writings of Dickinson. Dickinson was a conservative advocate of conciliation,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 Seiten
...of the address is often quoted by historians on account of the ominous import of one of its words. "We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long...has not yet driven us into that desperate measure." In July, 1775, Congress, by ballot, chose Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and RH Lee... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 Seiten
...of the address is often quoted by historians on account of the ominous import of one of its words. "We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long...sincerely wish to see restored. Necessity has not ygt driven us into that desperate measure." In July, 1775, Congress, by ballot, chose Benjamin Franklin,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1900 - 330 Seiten
...read as follows: " We mean not to dissolve that union [1775] which has so long and so happily existed between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored....has not yet driven us into that desperate measure." the eye of every reader to a fixed point and held it there. These words were written about July 4 to... | |
 | William Livingston - 1901 - 558 Seiten
...by the mass of American colonists. The members of the Continental Congress had expressly declared, "We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us." It has been truly said of the majority of * Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol.... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 446 Seiten
...The manifesto as published contained only a few words of his, but among them were the following : " We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long...has not yet driven us into that desperate measure." Wonderfully eloquent was that little word " yet "! The threat of all that was to happen next year was... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 452 Seiten
...The manifesto as published contained only a few words of his, but among them were the following : " We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long...has not yet driven us into that desperate measure." Wonderfully eloquent was that little word " yet "! The threat of all that was to happen next year was... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1905 - 480 Seiten
..."Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve...wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us to that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not... | |
 | Francis Bellamy - 1905 - 536 Seiten
...Notwithstanding all this, just after the battle of Bunker Hill, Jefferson wrote these formally pacific words: "We mean not to dissolve that union which has so long...has not yet driven us into that desperate measure." To John Randolph he wrote, in this same summer of 1775, that he was sincerely one of those who still... | |
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