American Patriots and Statesmen, from Washington to Lincoln: Patriotism of the revolution and Constitution, 1775-1789Albert Bushnell Hart Printed at the Collier Press, 1916 - United States |
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... command of troops among us , even if we raise and pay them , shackles are fixed upon us - witness Ireland and her national army . The most express act of parliament cannot give us security ; for acts of parliament are as easily repealed ...
... command of troops among us , even if we raise and pay them , shackles are fixed upon us - witness Ireland and her national army . The most express act of parliament cannot give us security ; for acts of parliament are as easily repealed ...
Page 88
... command your obedience , and hold you in vassalage . His consent has ceased to be necessary to enable you to enact laws essential to your welfare ; nor will you in future be subject to the imperious sway of rulers instructed to ...
... command your obedience , and hold you in vassalage . His consent has ceased to be necessary to enable you to enact laws essential to your welfare ; nor will you in future be subject to the imperious sway of rulers instructed to ...
Page 99
... command , un- governable ; and claiming to themselves a sort of superior merit , generally assume not only the privilege of thinking , but of doing , as they please ; added to these considerations , such corps are long in forming , and ...
... command , un- governable ; and claiming to themselves a sort of superior merit , generally assume not only the privilege of thinking , but of doing , as they please ; added to these considerations , such corps are long in forming , and ...
Page 114
... command , fir , Upon one foot , he had one boot , And th ' other in his hand , fir . " Arife , arife , fir Erfkine cries , " The rebels - more's the pity , " Without a boat are all afloat , " And rang'd before the city . " The motly ...
... command , fir , Upon one foot , he had one boot , And th ' other in his hand , fir . " Arife , arife , fir Erfkine cries , " The rebels - more's the pity , " Without a boat are all afloat , " And rang'd before the city . " The motly ...
Page 154
... command every advantage to be derived from them ... . Ship - building , and the science , as well as art of navigation , having made such progress in America , so that they are able to build and to navigate cheaper than any country in ...
... command every advantage to be derived from them ... . Ship - building , and the science , as well as art of navigation , having made such progress in America , so that they are able to build and to navigate cheaper than any country in ...
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Popular passages
Page 15 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 43 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 239 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 40 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Page 33 - They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, — copious, gushing tears ; not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of joy.
Page 316 - In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Page 29 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 40 - ... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration ; and that, when...
Page 39 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property...
Page 365 - Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.