The Library of American Biography, Volume 11Hilliard, Gray, 1844 - United States |
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... the Stamp Act . . CHAPTER IV . Repeal of the Stamp Act . Henry elected to the Continental Congress . Speech in the Virginia Convention . - 227 . 250 · 275 CHAPTER V. ― - Military Movements . Henry appointed Com- CONTENTS . xi.
... the Stamp Act . . CHAPTER IV . Repeal of the Stamp Act . Henry elected to the Continental Congress . Speech in the Virginia Convention . - 227 . 250 · 275 CHAPTER V. ― - Military Movements . Henry appointed Com- CONTENTS . xi.
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... Convention for considering the Plan of the Federal Constitution . its Adoption . - Henry opposes 348 CHAPTER VIII . Retirement of Henry from political and pro- fessional Life . - Domestic Occupations . - Death and Character . . NOTE ...
... Convention for considering the Plan of the Federal Constitution . its Adoption . - Henry opposes 348 CHAPTER VIII . Retirement of Henry from political and pro- fessional Life . - Domestic Occupations . - Death and Character . . NOTE ...
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... Convention , on the federal constitution , were re- ceived with unbounded enthusiasm , and pro- duced very extraordinary results . His argument in the British Debt case , which occupied three days , is analyzed at great length by Mr ...
... Convention , on the federal constitution , were re- ceived with unbounded enthusiasm , and pro- duced very extraordinary results . His argument in the British Debt case , which occupied three days , is analyzed at great length by Mr ...
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... Convention . THE unfortunate measure , which had produced such a ferment throughout the colonies , and which exercised so important an influence on their relations with the mother country , was des- tined itself to be of short duration ...
... Convention . THE unfortunate measure , which had produced such a ferment throughout the colonies , and which exercised so important an influence on their relations with the mother country , was des- tined itself to be of short duration ...
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... Convention , Peyton Randolph , was authorized to call another meeting , if occasion should require . Notwithstanding the lengths to which the con- troversy with the mother country had now pro- ceeded , and the bitterness of feeling ...
... Convention , Peyton Randolph , was authorized to call another meeting , if occasion should require . Notwithstanding the lengths to which the con- troversy with the mother country had now pro- ceeded , and the bitterness of feeling ...
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Page 286 - I hope that it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen, if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve.
Page 286 - This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.
Page 266 - Wythe, and all the old members, whose influence in the house had, till then, been unbroken They did it, not from any question of our rights, but on the ground that the same sentiments had been, at their preceding session, expressed in a more conciliatory form, to which the answers were not yet received.
Page 235 - They say that the people, whose countenance had fallen as he arose, had heard but a very few sentences before they began to look up ; then to look at each other with surprise, as if doubting the evidence of their own senses; then, attracted by some strong gesture, struck by some majestic attitude, fascinated by the spell of his eye, the charm of his emphasis, and the varied and commanding expression of his countenance, they could look away no more. In less than twenty minutes they might be seen in...
Page 289 - 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 1 I repeat it, sir, we must fight 1 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...
Page 282 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Page 238 - ... they were taken captive ; and so delighted with their captivity, that they followed implicitly, whithersoever he led them : That, at his bidding, their tears flowed from pity, and their cheeks flushed with indignation : That when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect the particulars. It was such a speech as they believe had never before fallen from the lips of man ; and to this day, the old people of that county...
Page 290 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to...
Page 263 - The within resolutions passed the House of Burgesses in May, 1765. They formed the first opposition to the stamp act, and the scheme of taxing America by the British Parliament. All the colonies, either through fear, or want of opportunity to form an opposition, or from influence of some kind or other, had remained silent. "I had been for the first time elected a Burgess, a few days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the House, and the members that composed it.
Page 262 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.