The Works of John Witherspoon: Containing Essays, Sermons, &c., on Important Subjects ... Together with His Lectures on Moral Philosophy Eloquence and Divinity, His Speeches in the American Congress, and Many Other Valuable Pieces, Never Before Published in this Country, Volumen9Prited by J. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, 1815 |
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Página 215 - Provided always, and it is the true intent and meaning of this act, that all the laws made and provided for the frequenting of divine service...
Página 134 - ... means of settling difficulties, and composing differences? Have we not experienced its efficacy in producing such a degree of union through these colonies, as nobody would have prophesied and hardly any would have expected? If, therefore, at present, when the danger is yet imminent, when it is so far from being over that it is but coming to its height, we shall find it impossible to agree upon the terms of this confederacy, what madness is it to suppose that there ever will be a time, or that...
Página 76 - It has been my opinion from the beginning, that we did not carry our reasoning fully home, when we complained of an arbitrary prince, or of the insolence, cruelty and obstinacy of Lord North, Lord Bute, or Lord Mansfield. What we have to fear, and what we have now to grapple with, is the ignorance, prejudice, partiality and injustice of human nature.
Página 181 - Fear and trembling have already taken hold of many of the refugees and friends of government in this place. It would break your hearts to hear poor Sam S , of Philadelphia, weeping and wailing, and yet he was a peaceable quaker who did nothing in the world but hire guides to the English parties who were going out to surprise and butcher you. My brother of trade, G , is so much affected, that some say he has lost, or will soon lose his reason. For my own part, I do not think I run any risk in that...
Página 124 - Besides nothing can be more unequal and injurious than reckoning the money by the depreciation, either before or after the 1st of March, 1778, for a great part of the money in all the loan-offices was such as had been paid up in its nominal value, in consequence of the Tender laws. This points you, sir, to another class of people, from whom money was taken, viz: widows and orphans, corporations...
Página 101 - ... declared. If I may be allowed to say it without offence, it seems to me that some members have unawares admitted this, though they are not sensible of it; for when they say, that it is refusing to treat, unless the whole be granted, they must mean, that some part of the whole must be left to be discussed and obtained, or yielded by the treaty.
Página 135 - I am none of those, who either deny or conceal the depravity of human nature, till it is purified by the light of truth, and renewed by the Spirit of the living God. Yet, I apprehend there is no force in that reasoning at all. Shall we establish nothing good because we know it cannot be eternal? Shall we live without government, because every constitution has its old age and its period? Because we know that we shall die, shall we take no pains to preserve or lengthen out life?
Página 263 - Great-Britain, for a very obvious reason, viz. that being much more unsettled, and moving frequently from place to place, they are not so liable to local peculiarities, either in accent or phraseology. There is a greater difference in dialect between one county and another in Britain, than there is between one state and another in America.
Página 17 - Gold and silver are not intrinsically of equal value with iron, a metal in itself capable of many more beneficial uses to mankind. Their value rests chiefly in the estimation they happen to be in among the generality of nations, and the credit given to the opinion that that estimation will continue : otherwise a pound of gold would not be a real equivalent for even a bushel of wheat.
Página 126 - ... and circumstances is very great; and that if the tide has run long with great violence one way, if it does not fully reach its purpose, and is by any means brought to a stand, it is apt to take a direction, and return with the same or greater violence than it advanced. Must this be risked at a crisis when the people begin to be fatigued with the war, to feel the heavy...