Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Svazek 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... became a free people , whom flattery would ill beseem , when asserting the rights of human nature ; and who knew nor feared to say , that kings are the servants , not the proprietors of the people . In these sentiments , bold as they ...
... became a free people , whom flattery would ill beseem , when asserting the rights of human nature ; and who knew nor feared to say , that kings are the servants , not the proprietors of the people . In these sentiments , bold as they ...
Strana 22
... became conspicu- ous among those , most distinguished by their abilities and ardour . In a few days after his arrival , he was made a mem- ber of a committee appointed to draw up a declaration , setting forth the causes and necessity of ...
... became conspicu- ous among those , most distinguished by their abilities and ardour . In a few days after his arrival , he was made a mem- ber of a committee appointed to draw up a declaration , setting forth the causes and necessity of ...
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... became one of very general interest and reflection among all classes of the nation . It was taken into consideration by some of the colonial legislatures , and in Virginia a resolution was adopted in favour of its immediate declaration ...
... became one of very general interest and reflection among all classes of the nation . It was taken into consideration by some of the colonial legislatures , and in Virginia a resolution was adopted in favour of its immediate declaration ...
Strana 72
... became hereditary in practice , the kings of Poland , the deys of the Ottoman dependencies . It may be said that if elections are to be attended with these disorders , the seldomer they are repeated the bet- ter . But experience says ...
... became hereditary in practice , the kings of Poland , the deys of the Ottoman dependencies . It may be said that if elections are to be attended with these disorders , the seldomer they are repeated the bet- ter . But experience says ...
Strana 84
... became involved in a discussion with Mr. Hammond , the British minister , of considerable length and some impor- tance . It arose , in the first instance , out of the provi- sions in the original treaty of peace , between the 84 JEFFERSON .
... became involved in a discussion with Mr. Hammond , the British minister , of considerable length and some impor- tance . It arose , in the first instance , out of the provi- sions in the original treaty of peace , between the 84 JEFFERSON .
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Strana 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Strana 103 - 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...
Strana 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Strana 35 - 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...
Strana 103 - ... 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.
Strana 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Strana 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Strana 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Strana 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...