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... western vote , " i . e . , by the members living north and west of Richmond ; and Jefferson himself wrote from Philadelphia to Thomas Nelson , just after taking his seat : " When at home I took great pains to inquire into the sen ...
... western vote , " i . e . , by the members living north and west of Richmond ; and Jefferson himself wrote from Philadelphia to Thomas Nelson , just after taking his seat : " When at home I took great pains to inquire into the sen ...
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... western Europe , there was no sovereign state in Christendom in the year 1786 that had formally proclaimed in its laws the absolute religious freedom of every one of its citi- zens . The honor of making that declaration to the world was ...
... western Europe , there was no sovereign state in Christendom in the year 1786 that had formally proclaimed in its laws the absolute religious freedom of every one of its citi- zens . The honor of making that declaration to the world was ...
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... West Indian island ] fur- nished with arms , live stock , seeds , tools , etc. , by the government , and taken under the protection of the State until they were strong enough to care for themselves . This quixotic plan was never even de ...
... West Indian island ] fur- nished with arms , live stock , seeds , tools , etc. , by the government , and taken under the protection of the State until they were strong enough to care for themselves . This quixotic plan was never even de ...
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... west Territory ; his elective system to Harvard ; his liberal ideas of citizenship to the nation . New York followed Virginia's lead in the abolition of entails in 1782 , North Carolina in 1784 , Kentucky in 1796 , New Jersey in 1820 ...
... west Territory ; his elective system to Harvard ; his liberal ideas of citizenship to the nation . New York followed Virginia's lead in the abolition of entails in 1782 , North Carolina in 1784 , Kentucky in 1796 , New Jersey in 1820 ...
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... Christmas eve to the lieutenants of the counties of Hampshire and Berkeley : " A powerful army forming by our enemies in the south , and an extensive combination 1 of savages in the west , will probably render JEFFERSON AS WAR GOVERNOR 81.
... Christmas eve to the lieutenants of the counties of Hampshire and Berkeley : " A powerful army forming by our enemies in the south , and an extensive combination 1 of savages in the west , will probably render JEFFERSON AS WAR GOVERNOR 81.
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Page 25 - Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 61 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 61 - That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 221 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market...
Page 288 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people 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 forever...
Page 284 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisAtlantic affairs.
Page 287 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 62 - Assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 48 - May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.
Page 293 - I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus, very different from the Platonists, who call me infidel and themselves Christians and preachers of the gospel, while they draw all their characteristic dogmas from what its author never said nor saw.