Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ...Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 - 495 páginas |
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... troops , viz . by James Lovell , Joseph Warren , ( two ) , Benj . Church , Jno . Hancock , Peter Thatcher , Bjamin Hitchborn , Jonathan W. Austin , William Tudor , Jonathan Mason , Thomas Dawes , jun . Geo . Richards Minot , and Thos ...
... troops , viz . by James Lovell , Joseph Warren , ( two ) , Benj . Church , Jno . Hancock , Peter Thatcher , Bjamin Hitchborn , Jonathan W. Austin , William Tudor , Jonathan Mason , Thomas Dawes , jun . Geo . Richards Minot , and Thos ...
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... TROOPS , QUARTERED AMONG THEM , IN TIME OF PEACE . [ These orations were first collected and published in a volume , by Mr. Peter Edes of Boston , printer , son of the MR . EDES of that town whose press was so notorious for its fearless ...
... TROOPS , QUARTERED AMONG THEM , IN TIME OF PEACE . [ These orations were first collected and published in a volume , by Mr. Peter Edes of Boston , printer , son of the MR . EDES of that town whose press was so notorious for its fearless ...
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... troops in a populous city , is a truth , they know not , and whom they never empowered to which many a mourning parent , many a lost , de- to act for them , or how they can be said to have spairing child in this metropolis , must bear a ...
... troops in a populous city , is a truth , they know not , and whom they never empowered to which many a mourning parent , many a lost , de- to act for them , or how they can be said to have spairing child in this metropolis , must bear a ...
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... troops from the town -- you urged assertion is deemed insolence ; if we humbly offer it , with a resolution which ensured success - you to submit the matter to the impartial decision of obtained your wishes , and the removal of the troops ...
... troops from the town -- you urged assertion is deemed insolence ; if we humbly offer it , with a resolution which ensured success - you to submit the matter to the impartial decision of obtained your wishes , and the removal of the troops ...
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... troops , who polluted your the sacred banner of reason ; use every method in streets with INNOCENT BLOOD . You have appointed this anniversary as a standard memorial of the your power to secure your rights ; at least prevent the curses ...
... troops , who polluted your the sacred banner of reason ; use every method in streets with INNOCENT BLOOD . You have appointed this anniversary as a standard memorial of the your power to secure your rights ; at least prevent the curses ...
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act of parliament Ameri America appointed arms army assembly authority blessings blood Boston brethren Britain British British army British parliament cause citizens civil colonies command committee committee of correspondence conduct congress consider constitution continent continental congress council court crown danger declaration defence duty effect empire endeavor enemy England established excellency execution exertions favor force freedom friends gentlemen give governor hand happiness hath Heaven honor hope human important independence inhabitants interest James Christie John John Burgoyne justice king land laws letter liberty lord majesty majesty's Massachusetts measures ment military militia nation nature neral never New-York officers opinion oppression patriotism peace persons posterity present principles province render resolution Resolved respect sentiments slavery soldiers South Carolina spirit subjects suffer taxes thing Thomas Rodney tion town troops tyranny United virtue whole William Lux wish
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Página 311 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 84 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Página 389 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Página 310 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?
Página 360 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
Página 310 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Página 107 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Página 310 - These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Página 244 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Página 360 - States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted...