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 1J. Dobson, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 354 páginas |
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... our free government may be preserved in its native purity , is the sincere and ardent wish of the proprietor . Philadelphia , February 22 , 1839 . TIMOTHY CALDWELL . PREFACE . THE present is emphatically an era of books.
... our free government may be preserved in its native purity , is the sincere and ardent wish of the proprietor . Philadelphia , February 22 , 1839 . TIMOTHY CALDWELL . PREFACE . THE present is emphatically an era of books.
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And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents L. Carroll Judson. m PREFACE . THE present is emphatically an era of books.
And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents L. Carroll Judson. m PREFACE . THE present is emphatically an era of books.
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... present is emphatically an era of books . The march of mind is onward and upward , bold and expanding . The soaring intellect of man , rising on the wings of investigation and experiment , is seizing upon the elements in all their ...
... present is emphatically an era of books . The march of mind is onward and upward , bold and expanding . The soaring intellect of man , rising on the wings of investigation and experiment , is seizing upon the elements in all their ...
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... present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world . " He ...
... present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world . " He ...
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... present much admired statutory code of Virginia . In 1779 , he was called to the gubernatorial chair of the Old Domi- nion , surrounded by dangers and perils on every side . The British troops , headed by the proud Tarleton and the ...
... present much admired statutory code of Virginia . In 1779 , he was called to the gubernatorial chair of the Old Domi- nion , surrounded by dangers and perils on every side . The British troops , headed by the proud Tarleton and the ...
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Página 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...
Página 352 - He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Página 331 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Página 315 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. 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 321 - ... 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 344 - 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.
Página 342 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Página 343 - 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...
Página 352 - 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.
Página 331 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...