A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 pages |
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... arms - will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie un- der ? ' To this invidious appeal to the pride and the preju- dices of the members of the House of Commons , Colonel ...
... arms - will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie un- der ? ' To this invidious appeal to the pride and the preju- dices of the members of the House of Commons , Colonel ...
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... arms ! they have nobly taken up arms in your defence , have exerted their valor , amidst their con- stant and laborious industry , for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood , while its interior parts yielded all ...
... arms ! they have nobly taken up arms in your defence , have exerted their valor , amidst their con- stant and laborious industry , for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood , while its interior parts yielded all ...
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... arms . The latter step had no immediate effect ; but the non - importation agreement brought such distress upon the British manufacturers , that they besieged parliament with petitions against the measures which had been adopted for the ...
... arms . The latter step had no immediate effect ; but the non - importation agreement brought such distress upon the British manufacturers , that they besieged parliament with petitions against the measures which had been adopted for the ...
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... arms of Great Britain ; that the colony of Pennsylvania contained about sixty thousand men able to carry arms - that of these , twenty thousand had volun- tarily enrolled themselves to serve without pay , and were armed and embodied ...
... arms of Great Britain ; that the colony of Pennsylvania contained about sixty thousand men able to carry arms - that of these , twenty thousand had volun- tarily enrolled themselves to serve without pay , and were armed and embodied ...
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... arms , and the townsmen assembled to the amount of some thousands . They were , however , happily appeased by the intervention of several patriotic leaders , whose zeal was allayed by prudence , and in consequence of whose in ...
... arms , and the townsmen assembled to the amount of some thousands . They were , however , happily appeased by the intervention of several patriotic leaders , whose zeal was allayed by prudence , and in consequence of whose in ...
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Page 239 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 240 - 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...
Page 238 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 239 - 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 the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
Page 239 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 236 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
Page 53 - All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance ; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Page 52 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 239 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Page 239 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the 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.