History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1843 - 372 halaman |
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... Colonel Hayne -- Battle of Eutaw Springs - British driven into Charleston - British Expeditions -- Cornwallis retires to Yorktown - Washington in the North - His Plans against New York- Marches for Yorktown - De Grasse in the Chesapeake ...
... Colonel Hayne -- Battle of Eutaw Springs - British driven into Charleston - British Expeditions -- Cornwallis retires to Yorktown - Washington in the North - His Plans against New York- Marches for Yorktown - De Grasse in the Chesapeake ...
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... Colonel Barrè failed not to enforce the same views , but in vain . The ministry were doomed to slight every counsel in which safety for British interests could have been found . The Port Bill passed in March , the other bills in May ...
... Colonel Barrè failed not to enforce the same views , but in vain . The ministry were doomed to slight every counsel in which safety for British interests could have been found . The Port Bill passed in March , the other bills in May ...
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... Colonel Pome- roy . They gave information to the other New England colonies , asking their aid , to make up an army of 20,000 men . They were emboldened to these measures by the alacrity with which the people had risen spontaneously ...
... Colonel Pome- roy . They gave information to the other New England colonies , asking their aid , to make up an army of 20,000 men . They were emboldened to these measures by the alacrity with which the people had risen spontaneously ...
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... Colonel Leslie , who had been dis- patched by Governor Gage , to seize some cannon at Salem , was obstructed by the citizens , until the cannon were removed beyond his reach , and he returned without succeed- ing in his object ; and ...
... Colonel Leslie , who had been dis- patched by Governor Gage , to seize some cannon at Salem , was obstructed by the citizens , until the cannon were removed beyond his reach , and he returned without succeed- ing in his object ; and ...
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... Colonels Ethan Allen , and Benedict Arnold . By forced marches they surprised Ticonderoga ; and the two officers entering abreast , at day - break , demanded of the astonished commander the surrender of the fort . By whose autho- rity ...
... Colonels Ethan Allen , and Benedict Arnold . By forced marches they surprised Ticonderoga ; and the two officers entering abreast , at day - break , demanded of the astonished commander the surrender of the fort . By whose autho- rity ...
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Halaman 26 - But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Halaman 29 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Halaman 29 - It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it. Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
Halaman 10 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Halaman 17 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Halaman 8 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Halaman 9 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Halaman 24 - To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts, can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate union, and for the efficacious management...
Halaman 7 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Halaman 33 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course, which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.