A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826, Volume 45, Issue 5 |
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... question , then pending between England and her Colonies , with the strength of a lion ; and if he sometimes sported , it was only because the lion himself is sometimes playful . Its success appears to have been as great as its merits ...
... question , then pending between England and her Colonies , with the strength of a lion ; and if he sometimes sported , it was only because the lion himself is sometimes playful . Its success appears to have been as great as its merits ...
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... question , of the power of parliament over the colonies , was discuss- ed with singular ability , by Gov. Hutchinson on the one side , and the house of representatives of Massachusetts on the other , in 1773. The argument of the House ...
... question , of the power of parliament over the colonies , was discuss- ed with singular ability , by Gov. Hutchinson on the one side , and the house of representatives of Massachusetts on the other , in 1773. The argument of the House ...
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... questions which it involved , often , and in va- rious ways ; and had brought to their consideration whatever of argument or illustration the history of his own country , the history of England , or the stores of ancient or of legal ...
... questions which it involved , often , and in va- rious ways ; and had brought to their consideration whatever of argument or illustration the history of his own country , the history of England , or the stores of ancient or of legal ...
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... question could be more full of interest ; if we look at it now , and judge of its importance by its effects , it appears in still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question ...
... question could be more full of interest ; if we look at it now , and judge of its importance by its effects , it appears in still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question ...
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... question to the vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , SAMUEL ADAMS ...
... question to the vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , SAMUEL ADAMS ...
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Page 25 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 10 - No age will come in which it will cease to be seen and felt, on either continent, that a mighty step, a great advance, not only in American affairs, but in human affairs, was made on the 4th of July, 1776. And no age will come, we trust, so ignorant or so unjust as not to see and acknowledge the efficient agency of these we now honor in producing that momentous event.
Page 42 - 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. Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off as I begun, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment,...
Page 8 - They are no more, as in 1776, bold and fearless advocates of independence ; no more as on subsequent periods, the head of the government ; no more as we have recently seen them, aged and venerable objects of admiration and regard. They are no more. They are dead. But how little is there, of the great and good, which can die ! To their country they yet live, and live forever.
Page 61 - Fellowcitizens, there is not one of us, there is not one of us here present, who does not, at this moment, and at every moment, experience, in his own condition, and in the condition of those most near and dear to him, the influence and the benefits of this liberty and these institutions.
Page 31 - Resolved, That the declaration, passed on the fourth, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of ' The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America ;' and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of congress.
Page 26 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Page 29 - The inhabitants of all the colonies, while colonies, admitted themselves bound by their allegiance to the king; but they disclaimed, altogether, the authority of parliament; holding themselves, in this respect, to resemble the condition of Scotland and Ireland, before the respective unions of those kingdoms with England, when they acknowledged allegiance to the same king, but each had its separate legislature. The tie, therefore, which our revolution was to break, did not subsist between us and the...
Page 6 - Poetry itself has hardly closed illustrious lives, and finished the career of earthly renown, by such a consummation. If we had the power, we could not wish to reverse this dispensation of the Divine Providence. The great objects of life were accomplished, the drama was ready to be closed; it has closed; our patriots have fallen; but so fallen, at such age, with such coincidence, on such a day, that we cannot rationally lament that that end has come, which we knew could not be long deferred.