Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes, Volume 1Way and Gideon, 1823 |
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Halaman 46
... PETITION OF CONGRESS . To the king's Most Excellent Majesty . MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN , We , your majesty's faithful subjects , of the colonies of New - Hampshire , Massachusetts - Bay , Rhode - Island and Providence Plantations ...
... PETITION OF CONGRESS . To the king's Most Excellent Majesty . MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN , We , your majesty's faithful subjects , of the colonies of New - Hampshire , Massachusetts - Bay , Rhode - Island and Providence Plantations ...
Halaman 49
... petition only to obtain redress of grievances , and relief from fears and jealousies , occasioned by the system of statutes and regulations adopted since the close of the late war , for raising a revenue in America - extending the ...
... petition only to obtain redress of grievances , and relief from fears and jealousies , occasioned by the system of statutes and regulations adopted since the close of the late war , for raising a revenue in America - extending the ...
Halaman 55
... petitions , already presented , have hitherto received , is such , as , in our opinion , can afford you no reliance on the present relief through their means . " As soon as we learnt that the petition of the Congress was before the ...
... petitions , already presented , have hitherto received , is such , as , in our opinion , can afford you no reliance on the present relief through their means . " As soon as we learnt that the petition of the Congress was before the ...
Halaman 73
... petition be presented to his majesty . Resolved , That measures be entered into for opening a negotiation , in order to accommodate the unhappy disputes subsisting between Great - Britain and these colonies , and that this be made a ...
... petition be presented to his majesty . Resolved , That measures be entered into for opening a negotiation , in order to accommodate the unhappy disputes subsisting between Great - Britain and these colonies , and that this be made a ...
Halaman 99
... petition to the king being again read , after some debate , the further con- sideration of it was deferred till to - morrow . Adjourned till to - morrow at nine o'clock . WEDNESDAY , July 5 , 1775 . Met according to adjournment ...
... petition to the king being again read , after some debate , the further con- sideration of it was deferred till to - morrow . Adjourned till to - morrow at nine o'clock . WEDNESDAY , July 5 , 1775 . Met according to adjournment ...
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Halaman 30 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment, that a British parliament should ever consent to establish in that country, a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Halaman 20 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Halaman 84 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Halaman 84 - As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire...
Halaman 139 - Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence, (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court, or General Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make Provision also, for the support of the Civil Government, and the Administration of Justice...
Halaman 43 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Halaman 20 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Halaman 407 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Halaman 85 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Halaman 21 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.