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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... equal monuments of the greatness and depravity of human nature . Taught by the experience of former ages , that a general , at the head of an armed force , would ever make himself superior to the laws , Europe , for several centuries ...
... equal monuments of the greatness and depravity of human nature . Taught by the experience of former ages , that a general , at the head of an armed force , would ever make himself superior to the laws , Europe , for several centuries ...
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... equal to all the armed force of Europe , and therefore they should be able ultimately to effect that by the point of the bayonet , which they ra- ther wished , than expected , to obtain on any other terms . Were it not for the ...
... equal to all the armed force of Europe , and therefore they should be able ultimately to effect that by the point of the bayonet , which they ra- ther wished , than expected , to obtain on any other terms . Were it not for the ...
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... equal them . Some there are who , Roman - like , would banish him for his good conduct ; but while we copy the truths have increased our knowledge and multi- plied good books , is it not probable that rewards , distributed by the ...
... equal them . Some there are who , Roman - like , would banish him for his good conduct ; but while we copy the truths have increased our knowledge and multi- plied good books , is it not probable that rewards , distributed by the ...
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... equal to their thirst of blood , with the spirit of ambition by which they are now directed , would lead them to destroy and But thanks be extirpate the whole human race . to heaven , that by the force of those virtues which they have ...
... equal to their thirst of blood , with the spirit of ambition by which they are now directed , would lead them to destroy and But thanks be extirpate the whole human race . to heaven , that by the force of those virtues which they have ...
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... equal on both sides ; and all circumstances equal . In the parliament's army only nine officers had ever seen actual service and most of the soldiers were London apprentices , drawn out of the city two months before . In the king's army ...
... equal on both sides ; and all circumstances equal . In the parliament's army only nine officers had ever seen actual service and most of the soldiers were London apprentices , drawn out of the city two months before . In the king's army ...
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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...