Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ...Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 - 495 страница |
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... feel pretty confident of pre- senting an acceptable gift to the American people , by rescuing from oblivion a great variety of fleeting , cattered articles , belonging to the history of our country anterior to the sublime epoch of the ...
... feel pretty confident of pre- senting an acceptable gift to the American people , by rescuing from oblivion a great variety of fleeting , cattered articles , belonging to the history of our country anterior to the sublime epoch of the ...
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... feel every wound given to their freedom ; they can- not be ignorant that more dependence may be placed on the affections of a brother , than on the forced service of a slave ; they must approve your efforts for the preservation of your ...
... feel every wound given to their freedom ; they can- not be ignorant that more dependence may be placed on the affections of a brother , than on the forced service of a slave ; they must approve your efforts for the preservation of your ...
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... feel the true fire tray the least want of spirit when called upon to of patriotism burning in your breasts : if you , from guard your freedom . None but they who set a just your souls , despise the most gaudy dress that sla . value upon ...
... feel the true fire tray the least want of spirit when called upon to of patriotism burning in your breasts : if you , from guard your freedom . None but they who set a just your souls , despise the most gaudy dress that sla . value upon ...
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... feel the children ' til tears of pity glisten in their eyes , goads and stings of conscious guilt pierce through and boiling passions shakes their tender frames ; your savage bosoms ? though some of you may think and whilst the ...
... feel the children ' til tears of pity glisten in their eyes , goads and stings of conscious guilt pierce through and boiling passions shakes their tender frames ; your savage bosoms ? though some of you may think and whilst the ...
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... feel , each for himself , the Gon - like pleasure of diffusing happiness on all around us ; of delivering the oppressed from the iron grasp of tyranny ; of changing the hoarse com- plaints and bitter moans of wretched slaves , into ...
... feel , each for himself , the Gon - like pleasure of diffusing happiness on all around us ; of delivering the oppressed from the iron grasp of tyranny ; of changing the hoarse com- plaints and bitter moans of wretched slaves , into ...
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Страница 354 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire: since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Страница 304 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject ? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Страница 353 - I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven. The successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations ; and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Страница 304 - ... 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 ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Страница 107 - Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union : But no other colony shall be admitted into the. same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Страница 354 - ... in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seems to presage.
Страница 353 - ... voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and in my flattering hopes with an immutable decision as the asylum of my declining years; a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary, as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Страница 304 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Страница 304 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending: 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! They tell us, sir,...
Страница 122 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.