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... less malice , but with more art . Under the plausible pretence of regulating our trade , and , at the same time , of making provision for the ad- ministration of justice , and the support of government , in some of the colonies , they ...
... less malice , but with more art . Under the plausible pretence of regulating our trade , and , at the same time , of making provision for the ad- ministration of justice , and the support of government , in some of the colonies , they ...
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... less , of the people of America - a most despicable minority - may prevent this reform , or alteration . Suppose the people of Virginia should wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are ...
... less , of the people of America - a most despicable minority - may prevent this reform , or alteration . Suppose the people of Virginia should wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are ...
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... less active to support the general welfare . Would they not , therefore , acquiesce in our taking time to deliberate - deliberate whether the measure be not perilous , not only for us , but the adopting states ? Permit me , sir , to say ...
... less active to support the general welfare . Would they not , therefore , acquiesce in our taking time to deliberate - deliberate whether the measure be not perilous , not only for us , but the adopting states ? Permit me , sir , to say ...
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... less probable . Moreover , vast quan- tities of lands have been sold , by citizens of this country , to Euro- peans , and these lands cannot be found . Will this fraud be coun- tenanced or endured ? Among so many causes of danger ...
... less probable . Moreover , vast quan- tities of lands have been sold , by citizens of this country , to Euro- peans , and these lands cannot be found . Will this fraud be coun- tenanced or endured ? Among so many causes of danger ...
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... less number , you will most infallibly lose the Mississippi . As long as we can preserve our unalienable rights , we are in safety . This new constitution will involve in its operation the loss of the navi- gation of that valuable river ...
... less number , you will most infallibly lose the Mississippi . As long as we can preserve our unalienable rights , we are in safety . This new constitution will involve in its operation the loss of the navi- gation of that valuable river ...
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Page 15 - There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 14 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 15 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Page 300 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Page 14 - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of 2 hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not...
Page 450 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY.
Page 198 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Page 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Page 450 - In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions-, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Page 490 - Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, — they cannot reach it.