Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; Or, The "founders of the Republic" on Slavery |
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... AGREED TO AT THE MEETING OF THE FREE CHURCH TEACHERS ' ASSOCIATION , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1861 . WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS . SPECIALLY INTENDED FOR SCHOOL MANAGERS , TEACHERS , AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION . BY A COMMITTEE ...
... AGREED TO AT THE MEETING OF THE FREE CHURCH TEACHERS ' ASSOCIATION , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1861 . WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS . SPECIALLY INTENDED FOR SCHOOL MANAGERS , TEACHERS , AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION . BY A COMMITTEE ...
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... agreed upon ) fhall be chofen by ballot to do that duty for fix calendar months ; notice of fuch election being given on the Sunday preceding , IV . Every new member of the Society , having firft fubfcribed the Conftitutional Rules ...
... agreed upon ) fhall be chofen by ballot to do that duty for fix calendar months ; notice of fuch election being given on the Sunday preceding , IV . Every new member of the Society , having firft fubfcribed the Conftitutional Rules ...
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ARTICLES Agreed vpon and concluded be- tweene the victorious , excellent , high Nattadenda Dul and mighty Prince and Lord , FREDERICK HENRY , Prince of Orange , Count of Naffaw , & c . on the one part , and the van- quifhed Towne of S ...
ARTICLES Agreed vpon and concluded be- tweene the victorious , excellent , high Nattadenda Dul and mighty Prince and Lord , FREDERICK HENRY , Prince of Orange , Count of Naffaw , & c . on the one part , and the van- quifhed Towne of S ...
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... agreed , that this Church be declared vacant of both Officers and Members , in Consequence of the Conduct of Mr Barfield , being expelled from this Church . The Rev. Henry Atley , by and with the Consent of the Members then present ...
... agreed , that this Church be declared vacant of both Officers and Members , in Consequence of the Conduct of Mr Barfield , being expelled from this Church . The Rev. Henry Atley , by and with the Consent of the Members then present ...
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... Agreed upon and Established the 12th Day of July , 1726. by the Gentlemen of the Veftry then prefent , for the better Government and Management of the WORK - HOUSE belonging to the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields . HAT no Poor be ...
... Agreed upon and Established the 12th Day of July , 1726. by the Gentlemen of the Veftry then prefent , for the better Government and Management of the WORK - HOUSE belonging to the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields . HAT no Poor be ...
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Page 184 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for...
Page 440 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 35 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Page 35 - State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States...
Page 176 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 177 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Page 451 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Page 110 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 454 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe my proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Page 42 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.