"Liberty": The Image and Superscription on Every Coin Issued by the United States of America : Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof ... |
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... immediately began his famous pamphlet in favor of that measure . When the sheets were finished , they were put into the hands of Samuel Adams , Judge Wilson , and Dr. Franklin , who held the same opinions , but by whom , no additions ...
... immediately began his famous pamphlet in favor of that measure . When the sheets were finished , they were put into the hands of Samuel Adams , Judge Wilson , and Dr. Franklin , who held the same opinions , but by whom , no additions ...
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... immediate cause , and the leading object of this contest , originated in a settled design , among the slaveholders of this country , ( with land speculators and slave- traders , ) to wrest the large and valuable territory of Texas from ...
... immediate cause , and the leading object of this contest , originated in a settled design , among the slaveholders of this country , ( with land speculators and slave- traders , ) to wrest the large and valuable territory of Texas from ...
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... immediate neighborhood of her islands . She will tell you , that if you must have Texas as a member of your confed- eracy , it must be without the trammels of slavery , and if you will wage a war to handcuff and fetter your fellow - man ...
... immediate neighborhood of her islands . She will tell you , that if you must have Texas as a member of your confed- eracy , it must be without the trammels of slavery , and if you will wage a war to handcuff and fetter your fellow - man ...
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... immediately to its separation from that republic , and its annexation to the United States , I believe it impossible that Great Britain should look on , while this operation is performing , with indifference . She will see that it must ...
... immediately to its separation from that republic , and its annexation to the United States , I believe it impossible that Great Britain should look on , while this operation is performing , with indifference . She will see that it must ...
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... immediately now before the committee . They are re- flections , however , which I deem it not less indispensable to make , than they are painful to be made extorted from me by a condition of public affairs unexampled in the history of ...
... immediately now before the committee . They are re- flections , however , which I deem it not less indispensable to make , than they are painful to be made extorted from me by a condition of public affairs unexampled in the history of ...
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Page 216 - 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit? 17. Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18. Yea, a. man may say, Thou hast
Page 192 - No! men, high-minded men! With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ! These constitute a State.
Page 218 - 23. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 33. Ye serpents,
Page 216 - II, 5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? 6. But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats ? 8. If ye fulfil the royal law
Page 5 - that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution
Page 218 - prison, and did not minister unto thee 1 45. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.—St. Matthew's Gospel.
Page 13 - that these liberties are of the gift of God 1 That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that
Page 185 - I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs ? Why sweat they under burthens ? let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be season'd with such viands? you will answer, The slaves are ours:—so do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I
Page 217 - 10. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas! that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man
Page 218 - 5. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.