Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
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... standing force leads to a total neglect of militias , or tends greatly to discourage them . You see the danger of a standing army to the cause of freedom . If the British parliament con . sents from year to year to be exposed , it ...
... standing force leads to a total neglect of militias , or tends greatly to discourage them . You see the danger of a standing army to the cause of freedom . If the British parliament con . sents from year to year to be exposed , it ...
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... standing presentative ; and I freely confess that I can see no army was established among us in time of peace ; reason why a PROCLAMATION for raising in Ame - and evidently for the purpose of effecting that , rica , issued by the king's ...
... standing presentative ; and I freely confess that I can see no army was established among us in time of peace ; reason why a PROCLAMATION for raising in Ame - and evidently for the purpose of effecting that , rica , issued by the king's ...
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... accusation was , that " he had de signed a standing army to be raised , and to govern the kingdom thereby . " And the eighth article was , that " he had introduced an arbitrary gvernment into his vain PRINCIPLES AND ACTS OF THE REVOLUTION .
... accusation was , that " he had de signed a standing army to be raised , and to govern the kingdom thereby . " And the eighth article was , that " he had introduced an arbitrary gvernment into his vain PRINCIPLES AND ACTS OF THE REVOLUTION .
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... standing the inclination we have for independence , we accept control , for the establishment of order . Breach of trust in a governor , † or attempting to enlarge a limited power , effectually absolves sub- jects from every bond of ...
... standing the inclination we have for independence , we accept control , for the establishment of order . Breach of trust in a governor , † or attempting to enlarge a limited power , effectually absolves sub- jects from every bond of ...
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... standing army , can lead who enjoy liberty ; who are equally indifferent to the glory of a George or a Louis ; who for the addition of one penny a day to their wages , would desert from the Christian cross , and fight under the cre- a ...
... standing army , can lead who enjoy liberty ; who are equally indifferent to the glory of a George or a Louis ; who for the addition of one penny a day to their wages , would desert from the Christian cross , and fight under the cre- a ...
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Page 354 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire: since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Page 304 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject ? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Page 353 - I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven. The successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations ; and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Page 304 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 107 - Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union : But no other colony shall be admitted into the. same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 354 - ... in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seems to presage.
Page 353 - ... voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and in my flattering hopes with an immutable decision as the asylum of my declining years; a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary, as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Page 304 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 304 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending: if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir,...
Page 122 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.