History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789], Volume 4Little, 1876 - United States |
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... presents the Petition of Congress , p . 437 - The Minister at War disheartened , 437 - Lord Howe negotiates with Franklin , 438- Franklin's Proposal rejected , 439 - Jamaica offers its Mediation , 439 - Views of the French Ministry ...
... presents the Petition of Congress , p . 437 - The Minister at War disheartened , 437 - Lord Howe negotiates with Franklin , 438- Franklin's Proposal rejected , 439 - Jamaica offers its Mediation , 439 - Views of the French Ministry ...
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... present , they confined their case to the power of tax- ation . " I will freely spend nineteen shillings in the pound , " said Franklin , " to defend my right of giving or refusing the other shilling ; and , after all , if I cannot ...
... present , they confined their case to the power of tax- ation . " I will freely spend nineteen shillings in the pound , " said Franklin , " to defend my right of giving or refusing the other shilling ; and , after all , if I cannot ...
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... present administration will , in the recess of parliament , take all the necessary previous steps for compassing so desirable an event . The madness and distractions of America have demanded the attention of the supreme legislature ...
... present administration will , in the recess of parliament , take all the necessary previous steps for compassing so desirable an event . The madness and distractions of America have demanded the attention of the supreme legislature ...
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... present administration . ” He enjoined moderation on every governor , and was resolved to make no appointments but of men of " the most generous princi- ples . " Through a letter to Bernard , whom he directed to pursue conciliatory ...
... present administration . ” He enjoined moderation on every governor , and was resolved to make no appointments but of men of " the most generous princi- ples . " Through a letter to Bernard , whom he directed to pursue conciliatory ...
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... present success . He was for ever carried away by the immediate object of his desires ; now hurried into expenses beyond his means , now clutching at the phantoms of the stock market or speculations in America . In social circles , he ...
... present success . He was for ever carried away by the immediate object of his desires ; now hurried into expenses beyond his means , now clutching at the phantoms of the stock market or speculations in America . In social circles , he ...
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Page 460 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 500 - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 499 - Then, Sir, from these six capital sources: of descent, of form of government, of religion in the northern provinces, of manners in the southern, of education, of the' remoteness of situation from the first mover of government — from all these causes a fierce spirit of liberty has grown up.
Page 498 - And pray, Sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 500 - English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them. It is the spirit of the English constitution which, infused through the mighty mass, pervades, feeds, unites, invigorates, vivifies, every part of the empire, even down to the minutest member.
Page 447 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 447 - ... has been my favorite study— I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world— that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 359 - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. But, previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa ; yet our repeated attempts to effect this by prohibitions, and by imposing duties which might amount to a prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by his majesty's negative, thus preferring the immediate advantage of a few British corsairs...
Page 500 - All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and mechanical politicians, who have no place among us ; a sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Page 408 - We will neither import nor purchase, any slave imported after the first day of December next ; after which time, we will wholly discontinue the slave trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.