Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
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If the British parliament conthe same instruments , many less republics have
sents from year to year to be exposed , it doubtless been made to fall a prey to
the devouring jaws of has good reasons . But when did our assembly pass
tyrants .
If the British parliament conthe same instruments , many less republics have
sents from year to year to be exposed , it doubtless been made to fall a prey to
the devouring jaws of has good reasons . But when did our assembly pass
tyrants .
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... and urged only by the hopes of consent of each branch , nothing can carry with
it plunder and rapine , unfeelingly committed the ihe force of a law ; but when a
law is to be passed most flagrant enormities ; and hired to the trade of for raising
...
... and urged only by the hopes of consent of each branch , nothing can carry with
it plunder and rapine , unfeelingly committed the ihe force of a law ; but when a
law is to be passed most flagrant enormities ; and hired to the trade of for raising
...
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... suffered to pass The late conduct of Great Britain , so inconsis . by without
punishment or observation . ” tent with the practice of former times , so subver .
Numberless have been the attacks made upon sive of the first principles of
government ...
... suffered to pass The late conduct of Great Britain , so inconsis . by without
punishment or observation . ” tent with the practice of former times , so subver .
Numberless have been the attacks made upon sive of the first principles of
government ...
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Thou who yon hloody walk shalt traverse , there Where troops of Britain's king ,
on Britain's sons , should we mingle involuntary execrations , while Discharg'd
the leaden vengeance ; pass not op E'er thou hast blest their memory , and paid ...
Thou who yon hloody walk shalt traverse , there Where troops of Britain's king ,
on Britain's sons , should we mingle involuntary execrations , while Discharg'd
the leaden vengeance ; pass not op E'er thou hast blest their memory , and paid ...
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Nor can her lenient hand forbear to pour usurping Cæsar passed the Rubicon ;
with such as oil and wine into these wounds , and to assuage at these he
bumbled mighty Rome , and forced the mistress of the world to own a master in a
traitor ...
Nor can her lenient hand forbear to pour usurping Cæsar passed the Rubicon ;
with such as oil and wine into these wounds , and to assuage at these he
bumbled mighty Rome , and forced the mistress of the world to own a master in a
traitor ...
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Page 311 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 84 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 389 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 310 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?
Page 360 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
Page 310 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 107 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 310 - These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Page 244 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Page 360 - States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted...
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| Title | Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
| Author | Hezekiah Niles |
| Publisher | Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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