Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volumen7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... established by the colonial legislatures ; one of the most important acts of the revolution , and which paved the way for that union of action and sentiment , from which arose the first effective resistance , and on which depended the ...
... established by the colonial legislatures ; one of the most important acts of the revolution , and which paved the way for that union of action and sentiment , from which arose the first effective resistance , and on which depended the ...
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... established of little use , but to accommodate the minis- ters and favourites of the crown . That during the pre- sent reign , the violations of our rights had increased in rapid and bold succession ; they were no longer single acts of ...
... established of little use , but to accommodate the minis- ters and favourites of the crown . That during the pre- sent reign , the violations of our rights had increased in rapid and bold succession ; they were no longer single acts of ...
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... establish concord between them , on so firm a basis , as to perpetuate its blessings uninterrupted by any future dissensions , to succeeding generations in both countries . There is indeed among all men a natural reluctance to throw off ...
... establish concord between them , on so firm a basis , as to perpetuate its blessings uninterrupted by any future dissensions , to succeeding generations in both countries . There is indeed among all men a natural reluctance to throw off ...
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... established , and sacrificed a trade , already amounting annually to more than twen- ty millions of dollars . By it the whole nation was to stand or fall ; it was a step that could not be retracted ; a pledge involving the lives , the ...
... established , and sacrificed a trade , already amounting annually to more than twen- ty millions of dollars . By it the whole nation was to stand or fall ; it was a step that could not be retracted ; a pledge involving the lives , the ...
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... establishing judiciary powers . He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices , and the amount and pay- ment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , by a self assumed power ...
... establishing judiciary powers . He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices , and the amount and pay- ment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , by a self assumed power ...
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Página 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Página 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Página 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Página 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Página 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...