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... bill for or- ganizing a militia ; by which every man was allowed to take up arms or not as to him would appear fit . In consequence , a very respectable militia was formed.- Franklin's Life . of agriculture , which were the work of the ...
... bill for or- ganizing a militia ; by which every man was allowed to take up arms or not as to him would appear fit . In consequence , a very respectable militia was formed.- Franklin's Life . of agriculture , which were the work of the ...
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... Bill of Rights ; and many who knew the history of those im- portant eras in the English history , did not look up to the concessions of kings as the fountain of Liberty , but to the Source of all power , who had bestowed the earth for ...
... Bill of Rights ; and many who knew the history of those im- portant eras in the English history , did not look up to the concessions of kings as the fountain of Liberty , but to the Source of all power , who had bestowed the earth for ...
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... bill was passed , by which heavy duties were laid on goods imported by the colonists from such West India islands as did not belong to great Britain ; at the same time that these du- ties were to be paid into the exchequer in specie ...
... bill was passed , by which heavy duties were laid on goods imported by the colonists from such West India islands as did not belong to great Britain ; at the same time that these du- ties were to be paid into the exchequer in specie ...
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... bill , though repeatedly pressed by some of his friends to de- sist , while he might have done it with honor . Richard Jackson , Esq . had been chosen agent for Massachusetts ; he , with Mr. Ingersoll , Mr. Garth , and Mr. Franklin ...
... bill , though repeatedly pressed by some of his friends to de- sist , while he might have done it with honor . Richard Jackson , Esq . had been chosen agent for Massachusetts ; he , with Mr. Ingersoll , Mr. Garth , and Mr. Franklin ...
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... bill , the supporters of it insisted much on the colonies being virtually repre- sented in the same manner as Leeds , Halifax , and some other towns were . A recurrence to this plea , was a virtual acknowledgment , that there ought not ...
... bill , the supporters of it insisted much on the colonies being virtually repre- sented in the same manner as Leeds , Halifax , and some other towns were . A recurrence to this plea , was a virtual acknowledgment , that there ought not ...
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Page 147 - He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Page 147 - He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 64 - Countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole Empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of Taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Page 64 - But from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interests of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce...
Page 31 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat, what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this House may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Page 30 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take upon me to say, the most formidable of any people upon the face of...
Page 36 - My position is this — I repeat it — I will maintain it to my last hour, — taxation and representation are inseparable; — this position is founded on the laws of nature; it is more, it is itself an eternal law of nature; for whatever is a man's own, is absolutely his own; no man...
Page 82 - America, shall propose to make provision, according to the condition, circumstances, and situation of such province or colony, for contributing their proportion to the common defence (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the general court or general assembly of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament), and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice...
Page 146 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 103 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.