History of American Politics (non-partisan): Embracing a History of the Federal Government and of Political Parties in the Colonies and United States from 1607 to 1882F. T. Neely, 1882 - 550 ページ |
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... resolved to adjourn and meet at the same place on the 10th of May , 1775 . BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES . Soon after Congress adjourned , Parliament assembled and , spurning all overtures for adjustment of difficulties , gave evi- 16 ...
... resolved to adjourn and meet at the same place on the 10th of May , 1775 . BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES . Soon after Congress adjourned , Parliament assembled and , spurning all overtures for adjustment of difficulties , gave evi- 16 ...
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... Resolved , That these United Colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent states ; that they are ab- solved from all allegiance to the British crown , and that all political connection between them and the state of ...
... Resolved , That these United Colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent states ; that they are ab- solved from all allegiance to the British crown , and that all political connection between them and the state of ...
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... resolved in Parliament , that by force of a statute made in the thirty - fifth year of the reign of Henry the Eighth , colonists may be transported to England , and tried there upon acensations for treasons committed in the colonies ...
... resolved in Parliament , that by force of a statute made in the thirty - fifth year of the reign of Henry the Eighth , colonists may be transported to England , and tried there upon acensations for treasons committed in the colonies ...
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... Resolved , 1. That they are entitled to life , liberty , and property , and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever a right to dispose of either without their consent . Resolved , 2. That our ancestors who first settled ...
... Resolved , 1. That they are entitled to life , liberty , and property , and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever a right to dispose of either without their consent . Resolved , 2. That our ancestors who first settled ...
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... Resolved , 7. That these , his majesty's colonies , are likewise entitled to all the immunities and privileges granted and confirmed to them by royal charters , or secured by their several codes of provincial laws . Resolved , 8. That ...
... Resolved , 7. That these , his majesty's colonies , are likewise entitled to all the immunities and privileges granted and confirmed to them by royal charters , or secured by their several codes of provincial laws . Resolved , 8. That ...
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121 ページ - ... so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive...
120 ページ - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
116 ページ - It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms ; kindles the animosity of one part against another ; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
58 ページ - States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
313 ページ - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
152 ページ - In questions of power then let no more be heard" of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the Constitution.
121 ページ - ... by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the Government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
42 ページ - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State, will effectually provide for the same.
60 ページ - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
122 ページ - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe that, according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent Powers, has been virtually admitted by all.