History of the United States: The American revolutionLittle, Brown and Company, 1858 - United States Siskiyou county only has volume 1 of this edition. |
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... civil war , exercised no control over his colleagues , leaving the government to be conducted by the several de- partments . As a consequence , the king became the only point of administrative union , and ruled as well as reigned . In ...
... civil war , exercised no control over his colleagues , leaving the government to be conducted by the several de- partments . As a consequence , the king became the only point of administrative union , and ruled as well as reigned . In ...
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... civil authority of governor in the province , Samuel Adams pre- sided over a very numerous town meeting , which was attended by many that had hitherto kept aloof . The thought of republican Rome , in its purest age , animated their ...
... civil authority of governor in the province , Samuel Adams pre- sided over a very numerous town meeting , which was attended by many that had hitherto kept aloof . The thought of republican Rome , in its purest age , animated their ...
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... civil officers , no longer amenable to American courts of justice ; and also to that which mutilated the charter of Massachusetts , and destroyed the freedom of its town meetings . " The law , " said Garnier , the French minister ...
... civil officers , no longer amenable to American courts of justice ; and also to that which mutilated the charter of Massachusetts , and destroyed the freedom of its town meetings . " The law , " said Garnier , the French minister ...
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... civil cases the praise of an impartial judge ; twenty - four lawyers , including judges of admiralty and attorneys of the crown , subscribed an extravagant panegyric of his general character and conduct ; but those who , for learning ...
... civil cases the praise of an impartial judge ; twenty - four lawyers , including judges of admiralty and attorneys of the crown , subscribed an extravagant panegyric of his general character and conduct ; but those who , for learning ...
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... civil rights more than security and ease , refused to take counsel of their interests or their danger . " Boston , " said they , " is but the first victim at the altar of tyranny . " Reduced to the dilemma either to consent to hold ...
... civil rights more than security and ease , refused to take counsel of their interests or their danger . " Boston , " said they , " is but the first victim at the altar of tyranny . " Reduced to the dilemma either to consent to hold ...
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Page 216 - 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 268 - My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Page 53 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...
Page 274 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 266 - 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 200 - 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 274 - 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 274 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 269 - 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 150 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.