| William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...their taking up arms. "WE are reduced," say they, " to the alternative of unconditional submission, or resistance by force ; the latter is our choice....surrender that freedom which we received from our ancestors, and which our posterity hvae a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the * Well might... | |
| John Dickinson - United States - 1801 - 450 pages
...and famine. We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. —...FIND NOTHING SO DREADFUL AS VOLUNTARY SLAVERY.— Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pages
...proceeds : " We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The...and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom, which we received from our... | |
| John Marshall - Presidents - 1804 - 648 pages
...proceeds. ' ' We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force.......we have counted the cost of this contest, and find noCHAP. in. thing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, 1775. justice, and humanity forbid us tamely... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...alternative of choosing unconditional submission to the tyranny of ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." About this time the continental congress unanimously appointed George Washington, esq. a native of... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 458 pages
...choosing unconditional submission to the tyrannv ..•; ministers, or resistance by force. We have counu 1 the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary shivery." great • Oeiu'ml Wanhin;ft vi rr-pm-d to the president of congress announcing Kin appointment,... | |
| Richard Snowden - America - 1805 - 398 pages
...proceed thus, ."We are reduced to the alternative of chusing an unconditional submission to tyranny, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice....and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...alternative of choosing unconditional submission to the tyranny of ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." About this time the continental congress unanimously appointed George Washington, esq. a native of... | |
| Richard Snowden - America - 1806 - 392 pages
...are ' reduced to the alternative of chusing an unconditional' submission - to tyranny, or resitance by force. The latter, is our choice. We have counted...and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery, flondur, jnsticej iirid .humanity, forbid us tamely to; surrender that' freedoni which we received... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1806 - 492 pages
...alternative of choosing unconditional submission to the tyranny of ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dread-- fill as voluntary slavery." About this time the continental congress unanimously appointed... | |
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