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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He is gracious , but not omniscieni , He disgusted in their native country at a
legislation , is ready to hear our Appeals in their proper course ; which ihey saw
was sacrificing all their rights , lef . and kn wing himself , though the most
powerful its ...
He is gracious , but not omniscieni , He disgusted in their native country at a
legislation , is ready to hear our Appeals in their proper course ; which ihey saw
was sacrificing all their rights , lef . and kn wing himself , though the most
powerful its ...
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Omnes ordines ad conservandam rempublicam , * I do not think the QUO
WARRANTO against our mente , voluntate , studio , virtute , voce , consentiunt .
first charier , was tried in a proper court . CICERO . TOSTATES . d tion which
raised ...
Omnes ordines ad conservandam rempublicam , * I do not think the QUO
WARRANTO against our mente , voluntate , studio , virtute , voce , consentiunt .
first charier , was tried in a proper court . CICERO . TOSTATES . d tion which
raised ...
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... the sword is judged the most proper arguwas effected , without one drop of
their blood being ment to silence our murmurs ! but this cannot long shed by the
inhabitants . be the case - surely the British nation will not sufThe immediate
actors ...
... the sword is judged the most proper arguwas effected , without one drop of
their blood being ment to silence our murmurs ! but this cannot long shed by the
inhabitants . be the case - surely the British nation will not sufThe immediate
actors ...
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Junius well observes , " when the constitution is openly invaded , when the first
original right of nary generosity , to throw their lives and proper . the people , from
wbich all laus derive their au . ties into the bargain , for they are poor indeed ...
Junius well observes , " when the constitution is openly invaded , when the first
original right of nary generosity , to throw their lives and proper . the people , from
wbich all laus derive their au . ties into the bargain , for they are poor indeed ...
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... in not press ned upon , will never interfere with that na completing this grand
superstructure ; the pillars tional justice , which ever oughi , and lately has been
of which have been cemented with the richest properly czerted blood of America .
... in not press ned upon , will never interfere with that na completing this grand
superstructure ; the pillars tional justice , which ever oughi , and lately has been
of which have been cemented with the richest properly czerted blood of America .
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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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