A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Rememberancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen, of America ; Confined Exclusively to Those who Have Signalized Themselves in Either Capacity, in the Revolutionary War ; with Important Alteratons and AdditionsT.J. Rogers, 1824 - 504 páginas |
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... British parliament , laying a hea- vy duty on tea , glass , paper , and other articles . This act re - kindled the resentment and excited a general opposition among the people of the colonies ; and they contended that there was no real ...
... British parliament , laying a hea- vy duty on tea , glass , paper , and other articles . This act re - kindled the resentment and excited a general opposition among the people of the colonies ; and they contended that there was no real ...
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... British parliament . By the latter , those who were in favour of Great Britain and oppo- sed to resistance . During these commotions , the first Congress of delegates , chosen and appointed by the several colonies and provinces , met at ...
... British parliament . By the latter , those who were in favour of Great Britain and oppo- sed to resistance . During these commotions , the first Congress of delegates , chosen and appointed by the several colonies and provinces , met at ...
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... British which they remembered during the contest . In the same month Congress resolved to raise several com- panies of riflemen , & c . and that a general should be appoint- ed to command all the continental forces raised , or to be ...
... British which they remembered during the contest . In the same month Congress resolved to raise several com- panies of riflemen , & c . and that a general should be appoint- ed to command all the continental forces raised , or to be ...
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... British troops left Boston . To gain posses- sion of the papers of Messrs . Adams and Hancock , who lodg- ed together in the village , was one of the motives , it is said , of the expedition which led to that memorable conflict . The ...
... British troops left Boston . To gain posses- sion of the papers of Messrs . Adams and Hancock , who lodg- ed together in the village , was one of the motives , it is said , of the expedition which led to that memorable conflict . The ...
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... British troops ; set up an American navy , permitted the inhabitants of these colonies to fit out arm- ed vessels to capture the ships , & c . belonging to any of the in- habitants of Great Britain ; declaring them the enemies of the ...
... British troops ; set up an American navy , permitted the inhabitants of these colonies to fit out arm- ed vessels to capture the ships , & c . belonging to any of the in- habitants of Great Britain ; declaring them the enemies of the ...
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Página 237 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Página 496 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government : but, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 493 - The unity of Government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Página 494 - ... your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 237 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
Página 497 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 494 - The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles.
Página 501 - ... the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence...
Página 500 - 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?
Página 500 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars...