The Patriot's Monitor, for New-Hampshire: Designed to Impress and Perpetuate the First Principles of the Revolution on the Minds of Youth; Together with Some Pieces Important and Interesting |
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... respect to the opinions of mankind requires that " they should declare the causes which impel them to the fep- aration . 3. We hold thefe truths to be felf - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their ...
... respect to the opinions of mankind requires that " they should declare the causes which impel them to the fep- aration . 3. We hold thefe truths to be felf - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their ...
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... and believe ; that it may promote the lafting welfare of that country fo dear to us all , and fecure her freedom and hap- piness , is our most ardent wish .. 7. With great respect , we have the honor to THE PATRIOT's MONITOR . 39.
... and believe ; that it may promote the lafting welfare of that country fo dear to us all , and fecure her freedom and hap- piness , is our most ardent wish .. 7. With great respect , we have the honor to THE PATRIOT's MONITOR . 39.
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... respect , we have the honor to be , fir , your excellency's moft obedient , and humble servants . GEORGE WASHINGTON , prefident . By the unanimous order of the convention . His excellency the prefident of congrefs . RESOLVE OF CONGRESS ...
... respect , we have the honor to be , fir , your excellency's moft obedient , and humble servants . GEORGE WASHINGTON , prefident . By the unanimous order of the convention . His excellency the prefident of congrefs . RESOLVE OF CONGRESS ...
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... immutable principles of private morality ; and the pre - eminence of free govern- ment be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens , and command the respect of 46 THE PATRIOT's MONITOR .
... immutable principles of private morality ; and the pre - eminence of free govern- ment be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens , and command the respect of 46 THE PATRIOT's MONITOR .
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... respect of the world . 17. I dwell on this profpect with every fatisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire ; fince there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists , in the economy and courfe of ...
... respect of the world . 17. I dwell on this profpect with every fatisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire ; fince there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists , in the economy and courfe of ...
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Page 60 - Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
Page 46 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.
Page 51 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 52 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 58 - ... with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 88 - ... the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Page 63 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...
Page 49 - I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country...
Page 120 - But think on me when it shall be well with thee and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Page 50 - ... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me, more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.