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... bills had never been heard of . There was not money enough of any kind , in many parts of the country , to pay the ... bills of paper on parchment , which were nomi- nally valued at threepence and upwd . The value of these bills kept ...
... bills had never been heard of . There was not money enough of any kind , in many parts of the country , to pay the ... bills of paper on parchment , which were nomi- nally valued at threepence and upwd . The value of these bills kept ...
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... bill was brought in ( the House of Commons ) giv- ing authority to employ the ships , seamen , and officers of the navy as custom - house officers and informers . The measure was Grenville's own ( Lord Grenville was a member of the ...
... bill was brought in ( the House of Commons ) giv- ing authority to employ the ships , seamen , and officers of the navy as custom - house officers and informers . The measure was Grenville's own ( Lord Grenville was a member of the ...
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... Stamp Act meet with ? 6. How were the operations of the Stamp Act prevented ? What was the consequence ? * See Appendix for Patrick Henry , page 68 , topic 70 . nies , passed a bill , in 1767 , for 66 [ 1765 . THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... Stamp Act meet with ? 6. How were the operations of the Stamp Act prevented ? What was the consequence ? * See Appendix for Patrick Henry , page 68 , topic 70 . nies , passed a bill , in 1767 , for 66 [ 1765 . THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... bill , in 1767 , for levying duties on glass , paper , painters ' colors , and tea . The news of this and other obnoxious measures of the British government , pro- duced a revival of the feelings which had been caused by the passage of ...
... bill , in 1767 , for levying duties on glass , paper , painters ' colors , and tea . The news of this and other obnoxious measures of the British government , pro- duced a revival of the feelings which had been caused by the passage of ...
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... bills , in keeping with this feeling , were passed by Parliament . Commissioners were sent to Amer- ica to negotiate a restoration of peace ; but Congress re- fused to treat with them until Great Britain should with- draw her fleets and ...
... bills , in keeping with this feeling , were passed by Parliament . Commissioners were sent to Amer- ica to negotiate a restoration of peace ; but Congress re- fused to treat with them until Great Britain should with- draw her fleets and ...
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Page 55 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 48 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 50 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency.
Page 47 - While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular Interest in Union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater...
Page 57 - ... nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Page 54 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense, by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 56 - So. likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 8 - Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And, for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 49 - States, a decisive proof how unfounded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government and in the Atlantic States unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mississippi; they have been witnesses to the formation of two treaties, that with Great Britain, and that with Spain, which secure to them every thing they could desire, in respect to our foreign relations, towards confirming their prosperity.
Page 114 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.