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on a question relative to the extension of the elective franchise in England , ( the principle which certainly lies at the basis of representative government , ) the example of the United States , instead of being held up for imitation ...
on a question relative to the extension of the elective franchise in England , ( the principle which certainly lies at the basis of representative government , ) the example of the United States , instead of being held up for imitation ...
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... England would be slow to admit . The mass of the population was originally of British origin , and the additional elements , of which it is made up , are from the other most intelligent and improvable races of Europe . The settlers of ...
... England would be slow to admit . The mass of the population was originally of British origin , and the additional elements , of which it is made up , are from the other most intelligent and improvable races of Europe . The settlers of ...
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... England , as most favorable to the pros- perity of a state ; - free representative governments ; -written constitutions and laws , greatly modelled upon hers , especially the trial by jury ; -a free and a cheap , and consequently all ...
... England , as most favorable to the pros- perity of a state ; - free representative governments ; -written constitutions and laws , greatly modelled upon hers , especially the trial by jury ; -a free and a cheap , and consequently all ...
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... England that can welcome the thought , that Americans have degenerated , the further reflection that it is the sons of Englishmen who have degenerated , must chasten the sentiment . If there is any country , where this supposed state of ...
... England that can welcome the thought , that Americans have degenerated , the further reflection that it is the sons of Englishmen who have degenerated , must chasten the sentiment . If there is any country , where this supposed state of ...
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... England , Holland , France , Spain , the latter under the government of the inde- pendent United States , - might I not claim for the latter , under all the disadvantages of a new govern- ment and limited resources , the credit of ...
... England , Holland , France , Spain , the latter under the government of the inde- pendent United States , - might I not claim for the latter , under all the disadvantages of a new govern- ment and limited resources , the credit of ...
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Страница 26 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Страница 5 - 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. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Страница 37 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Страница 37 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Страница 35 - I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who, rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us, assumed by the British Parliament, and which late experience has shown they will so cruelly exercise, would lend my hand to sink the whole Island in the ocean.
Страница 39 - The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.
Страница 70 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Страница 43 - The separate independence and individual sovereignty of the several States were never thought of by the enlightened band of patriots who framed this declaration. The several States are not even mentioned by name in any part of...