Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... already proved himself worthy alike of his instruction and regard . Mr. Jefferson was called to the bar in the year 1766 ; and pursued the practice of his profession with zeal and success . In the short period during which he continued ...
... already proved himself worthy alike of his instruction and regard . Mr. Jefferson was called to the bar in the year 1766 ; and pursued the practice of his profession with zeal and success . In the short period during which he continued ...
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... already assembled at Philadelphia . When about to leave the colony , a circumstance is said to have occurred to him , and to Mr. Harrison and Mr. Lee , his fellow delegates , that conveyed a noble mark of the un- bounded confidence ...
... already assembled at Philadelphia . When about to leave the colony , a circumstance is said to have occurred to him , and to Mr. Harrison and Mr. Lee , his fellow delegates , that conveyed a noble mark of the un- bounded confidence ...
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... already amounting annually to more than twen- ty millions of dollars . By it the whole nation was to stand or fall ; it was a step that could not be retracted ; a pledge involving the lives , the fortunes , and the ho- nour of thousands ...
... already amounting annually to more than twen- ty millions of dollars . By it the whole nation was to stand or fall ; it was a step that could not be retracted ; a pledge involving the lives , the fortunes , and the ho- nour of thousands ...
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... already begun with circumstances of cru- elty and perfidy , [ scarcely paralleled in the most barba- rous ages , and ] totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation . The three next paragraphs in the original draught , were as follows ...
... already begun with circumstances of cru- elty and perfidy , [ scarcely paralleled in the most barba- rous ages , and ] totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation . The three next paragraphs in the original draught , were as follows ...
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... already formed one , on the purest principles of republicanism . This draught he transmitted to the convention ; but unfortunately , the one that they had hastily framed , had received a final vote , on the day it reached Richmond . The ...
... already formed one , on the purest principles of republicanism . This draught he transmitted to the convention ; but unfortunately , the one that they had hastily framed , had received a final vote , on the day it reached Richmond . The ...
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Halaman 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Halaman 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Halaman 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Halaman 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Halaman 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Halaman 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Halaman 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Halaman 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Halaman 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...