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... ment to injure him , by many of his unscrupulous guests ; and careless expressions , uttered during the hours of social hilarity , were artfully seized on to effect , if possible , his downfall . One of these rela- ting to an unknown ...
... ment to injure him , by many of his unscrupulous guests ; and careless expressions , uttered during the hours of social hilarity , were artfully seized on to effect , if possible , his downfall . One of these rela- ting to an unknown ...
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... ment of the judgments of that night . Placards were fixed up , saying they would take Snowtown the next night , which they did , though the Governor called out a military force to protect the den of iniquity ; and firing into the ...
... ment of the judgments of that night . Placards were fixed up , saying they would take Snowtown the next night , which they did , though the Governor called out a military force to protect the den of iniquity ; and firing into the ...
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... ment thus established was dissolved in 1651. An- other Charter was obtained in that year by Codding- ton , by which he was constituted Governor , and the Island of Rhode Island and Conanicut were severed from the connection , which they ...
... ment thus established was dissolved in 1651. An- other Charter was obtained in that year by Codding- ton , by which he was constituted Governor , and the Island of Rhode Island and Conanicut were severed from the connection , which they ...
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... ment was originally founded that of THE .SOVE- REIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE which also must include Free Suffrage ; and yet they claim to be Republi- cans ! They bind their fellow men in the bonds of slavery , and then insult them in the ...
... ment was originally founded that of THE .SOVE- REIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE which also must include Free Suffrage ; and yet they claim to be Republi- cans ! They bind their fellow men in the bonds of slavery , and then insult them in the ...
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... ment of taxes ? And yet the late system of Repre- sentation ( which is but slightly ameliorated in the present ) had both the interest to sustain , and the power to perpetuate , an apportionment unequal and unjust as we have seen above ...
... ment of taxes ? And yet the late system of Repre- sentation ( which is but slightly ameliorated in the present ) had both the interest to sustain , and the power to perpetuate , an apportionment unequal and unjust as we have seen above ...
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Page 90 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 138 - ... whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to, reform the old or establish a new government. . The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Page 136 - That the people have an original right to establish for their future government such principles as in their opinion shall most conduce to their own happiness is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected.
Page 89 - Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.
Page 130 - It follows, lastly, that since the king or magistrate holds his authority of the people, both originally and naturally for • their good, in the first place, and not his own, then may the people, as oft as they shall judge it for the best, either choose him or reject him, retain him or depose him, though no tyrant, merely by the liberty and right of freeborn men to be governed as seems to them best.
Page 90 - Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense.
Page 128 - ... there can be but one supreme power which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet, the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 123 - That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 90 - The liberty of the press being essential to the security of freedom in a state, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be sufficient defence to the person charged.
Page 104 - The said propositions shall be, by said clerks, inserted in the warrants or notices by them issued, for warning the next annual town and ward meetings in April ; and the clerks shall read said propositions to the electors when thus assembled, with the names of all the representatives...