History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789], Volumen6D. Appleton, 1885 |
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... liberty · • 9 The American congress of 1774 10 • Independence and a continental convention and charter 10 Question at issue between Great Britain and the colonies 10 • The confederation imperfect from jealousy of central power Rutledge ...
... liberty · • 9 The American congress of 1774 10 • Independence and a continental convention and charter 10 Question at issue between Great Britain and the colonies 10 • The confederation imperfect from jealousy of central power Rutledge ...
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... liberty to reject or alter any act of congress which in a full representation of states has been sol- emnly debated and decided on , " + or there is no hope of con- solidating the union . His position was one of extreme deli- cacy ; for ...
... liberty to reject or alter any act of congress which in a full representation of states has been sol- emnly debated and decided on , " + or there is no hope of con- solidating the union . His position was one of extreme deli- cacy ; for ...
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... liberty ! Rochambeau , who was received with special honor by Louis XVI . , through a happy accident escaped the perils of the revolution , and lived to be more than fourscore years of age . Viomenil , his second in command , was ...
... liberty ! Rochambeau , who was received with special honor by Louis XVI . , through a happy accident escaped the perils of the revolution , and lived to be more than fourscore years of age . Viomenil , his second in command , was ...
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... liberty , by saying to you that it took the life of your father ; never be- lieve them , and remain true to its noble cause . " At the time when the strength which came from the pres- ence of a wealthy and generous ally was departing ...
... liberty , by saying to you that it took the life of your father ; never be- lieve them , and remain true to its noble cause . " At the time when the strength which came from the pres- ence of a wealthy and generous ally was departing ...
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... liberty of the United States . * The necessity of the consent of every one of the thirteen states to any amendment of the confederacy gave to Rhode Island a control over the destinies of America . Against its obstinacy the confederation ...
... liberty of the United States . * The necessity of the consent of every one of the thirteen states to any amendment of the confederacy gave to Rhode Island a control over the destinies of America . Against its obstinacy the confederation ...
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Página 472 - Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as .deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 218 - Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation ; to negative all laws passed by the several States contravening, in the opinion of the National Legislature, the Articles of Union, or any treaty subsisting under the authority of the Union...
Página 148 - I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.
Página 106 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 390 - Under the Articles of Confederation each State retained its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right not expressly delegated to the United States.
Página 321 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country, have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 374 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Página 158 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief...
Página 45 - The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
Página 365 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention, who may still have objections to it, would with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.