Old South Leaflets, Volumen6,Temas126-150Franklin, 1788 |
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... hundred men , badly armed , and fatigued , having just constructed , in haste , a few miserable in- trenchments , and who knew nothing , or very little , of the use of arms , could resist , for so long a time , the attack of thousands ...
... hundred men , badly armed , and fatigued , having just constructed , in haste , a few miserable in- trenchments , and who knew nothing , or very little , of the use of arms , could resist , for so long a time , the attack of thousands ...
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... is doubtless just . This celebrated general is noth- ing more at present than a good farmer , constantly occupied in the care of his farm and the improvement of cultivation . He has lately built a barn , one hundred feet 14 14.
... is doubtless just . This celebrated general is noth- ing more at present than a good farmer , constantly occupied in the care of his farm and the improvement of cultivation . He has lately built a barn , one hundred feet 14 14.
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... hundred bushels of potatoes . All this is new in Virginia , where they know not the use of barns , and where they lay up no provisions for their cattle . His three hundred negroes are distributed in differ- ent log houses in different ...
... hundred bushels of potatoes . All this is new in Virginia , where they know not the use of barns , and where they lay up no provisions for their cattle . His three hundred negroes are distributed in differ- ent log houses in different ...
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... hundred thou- sand free Americans . The slightest quarrel will be sufficient to throw them into a flame ; and if ever the Americans shall march towards New Orleans it will infallibly fall into their hands . The Spaniards fear this ...
... hundred thou- sand free Americans . The slightest quarrel will be sufficient to throw them into a flame ; and if ever the Americans shall march towards New Orleans it will infallibly fall into their hands . The Spaniards fear this ...
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... hundred and fifty miles ; and I de- voutly wish that this may not be the only expedient by which it can be effected now . To get this business in motion , I was obliged even upon that ground to comprehend James River , in order to ...
... hundred and fifty miles ; and I de- voutly wish that this may not be the only expedient by which it can be effected now . To get this business in motion , I was obliged even upon that ground to comprehend James River , in order to ...
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Página 43 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Página 71 - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank; the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America.
Página 180 - ... shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Página 180 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Página 25 - ... to be apportioned on them by Congress according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...
Página 181 - When this convention shall have been duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one part, and on the other by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within three months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible.
Página 87 - The United States will cause satisfaction to be made for the injuries, if any, which, by process of law, shall be established to have been suffered by the Spanish officers, and individual Spanish inhabitants, by the late operations of the American army in Florida.
Página 25 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Página 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 25 - The said Territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America...