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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... refusing to subscribe to certain articles of belief , sent great numbers of the most learned and pious ministers of that faith into exile in the Colonies , where they contributed essentially to sustain this tone of elevated reli gious ...
... refusing to subscribe to certain articles of belief , sent great numbers of the most learned and pious ministers of that faith into exile in the Colonies , where they contributed essentially to sustain this tone of elevated reli gious ...
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... refused compliance , and were sustained by the legislature , in the spirit and on the principles that afterwards . produced the revolution . They told him that the magistrates were responsible to them , and bound only by the laws of the ...
... refused compliance , and were sustained by the legislature , in the spirit and on the principles that afterwards . produced the revolution . They told him that the magistrates were responsible to them , and bound only by the laws of the ...
Halaman 42
... refused in payment for duties after a certain day . Penalties , incurred for breaches of these acts , were made recoverable in the courts of the particular colony , or any other admiralty court in the Colonies , at the option of the ...
... refused in payment for duties after a certain day . Penalties , incurred for breaches of these acts , were made recoverable in the courts of the particular colony , or any other admiralty court in the Colonies , at the option of the ...
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... refused obedience to the navigation acts of 1651 and 1660 , which make the commercial code of Great Britain . Her tenacious refusal to conform to these acts , under the special requisition of king Charles II . , and her persevering re ...
... refused obedience to the navigation acts of 1651 and 1660 , which make the commercial code of Great Britain . Her tenacious refusal to conform to these acts , under the special requisition of king Charles II . , and her persevering re ...
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... refused to receive the royal collector , in 1661-2 , it was determined by the king in council , that " no Mediterranean passes should be granted to New England , to protect its vessels against the Turks , till it is seen what dependence ...
... refused to receive the royal collector , in 1661-2 , it was determined by the king in council , that " no Mediterranean passes should be granted to New England , to protect its vessels against the Turks , till it is seen what dependence ...
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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.