A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents, Volume 2J. Dobson, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 354 pages |
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... appointed chairman of the committee to draft a form . He was requested , by his colleagues , to prepare the important document . He performed the task with a boldness of design , and beauty of execution , before unknown and yet ...
... appointed chairman of the committee to draft a form . He was requested , by his colleagues , to prepare the important document . He performed the task with a boldness of design , and beauty of execution , before unknown and yet ...
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... appointed to form a plan of territorial government for the extensive regions of the then " far west . " True to his favourite prin- ciple of finally emancipating the sable African , he introduced a clause prohibiting slavery after the ...
... appointed to form a plan of territorial government for the extensive regions of the then " far west . " True to his favourite prin- ciple of finally emancipating the sable African , he introduced a clause prohibiting slavery after the ...
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... appointed its author Rector , to carry the design into effect . Upon the completion of that object he then devoted all necessary time , and more money than strict prudence called for . It became the doating object of his 1 " old age ...
... appointed its author Rector , to carry the design into effect . Upon the completion of that object he then devoted all necessary time , and more money than strict prudence called for . It became the doating object of his 1 " old age ...
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... appointed , at the head of which were Hancock and Samuel Adams , instructed to request the governor to remove the troops from the town . He at first refused , but finding , under exist- ing circumstances , that discretion was the better ...
... appointed , at the head of which were Hancock and Samuel Adams , instructed to request the governor to remove the troops from the town . He at first refused , but finding , under exist- ing circumstances , that discretion was the better ...
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... appointed sur- veyor of Litchfield county , having made himself familiar with mathe- matics . Like his contemporary and friend , Benjamin Franklin , he made the calculations of an almanac several years , for a publisher in New York . At ...
... appointed sur- veyor of Litchfield county , having made himself familiar with mathe- matics . Like his contemporary and friend , Benjamin Franklin , he made the calculations of an almanac several years , for a publisher in New York . At ...
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Page 307 - It serves always to distract the public councils, and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Page 339 - 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.
Page 20 - ... 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...
Page 327 - 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 307 - Monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...
Page 332 - 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.
Page 331 - 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...
Page 340 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Page 310 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellowcitizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Page 304 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort, and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence,...