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... obliged to relinquish that part of Louisiana which lies on the east side of the Mississippi ; and the Span . iards , having also taken a part in the war against Great Britain , were forced to relinquish to the same power , both East ...
... obliged to relinquish that part of Louisiana which lies on the east side of the Mississippi ; and the Span . iards , having also taken a part in the war against Great Britain , were forced to relinquish to the same power , both East ...
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... oblige the several assemblies to provide quarters for the soldiers , and to furnish them with firing , bedding , candles , small beer , rum , and sundry other articles , at the expense of the several provinces ; which continued in force ...
... oblige the several assemblies to provide quarters for the soldiers , and to furnish them with firing , bedding , candles , small beer , rum , and sundry other articles , at the expense of the several provinces ; which continued in force ...
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... obliged the custom house officers to take refuge in Castle William , situated at the en- trance of the harbour . The governor now took the last step in his power to put a stop to the violent proceedings of the assembly , by dissolving ...
... obliged the custom house officers to take refuge in Castle William , situated at the en- trance of the harbour . The governor now took the last step in his power to put a stop to the violent proceedings of the assembly , by dissolving ...
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... obliged to retire to Castle William , to remove any pretext for farther disturbances . It ap- peared on the trial , that the soldiers had been abused , insulted , threatened and pelted , before they fired . It was also proved that only ...
... obliged to retire to Castle William , to remove any pretext for farther disturbances . It ap- peared on the trial , that the soldiers had been abused , insulted , threatened and pelted , before they fired . It was also proved that only ...
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... obliged to pay it ; and , in so doing , they discover ed more firmness and fortitude than their rulers . This , however , was but a poor compensation for the want of courage and consistency in the ministers . It was like endeavouring to ...
... obliged to pay it ; and , in so doing , they discover ed more firmness and fortitude than their rulers . This , however , was but a poor compensation for the want of courage and consistency in the ministers . It was like endeavouring to ...
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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.