The Jubilee of the Constitution: A Discourse Delivered at the Request of the New York Historical Society, in the City of New York, on Tuesday, the 30th of April, 1839; Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States, on Thursday, the 30th of April, 1789 ...S. Colman, 1839 - 136 páginas |
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... course of events which had rendered it necessary ; and the more indis- pensable it became , the more awakened was the jeal- ousy and the more intense was the distrust by which it was to be circumscribed . They relaxed their union into a ...
... course of events which had rendered it necessary ; and the more indis- pensable it became , the more awakened was the jeal- ousy and the more intense was the distrust by which it was to be circumscribed . They relaxed their union into a ...
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... pursuits of happiness , governments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . All this , is by the laws of nature and of na- ture's God , and of course presupposes the existence of 13.
... pursuits of happiness , governments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . All this , is by the laws of nature and of na- ture's God , and of course presupposes the existence of 13.
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... course presupposes the existence of a God , the moral ruler of the universe , and a rule of right and wrong , of just and unjust , binding upon man , preceding all institutions of human society and of govern- ment . It avers , also ...
... course presupposes the existence of a God , the moral ruler of the universe , and a rule of right and wrong , of just and unjust , binding upon man , preceding all institutions of human society and of govern- ment . It avers , also ...
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... course along the lapse of time among the civilized potentates of the earth . From this point of departure we have looked back to the origin of the Union ; to the conflict of war by which the severance from the mother - country , and the ...
... course along the lapse of time among the civilized potentates of the earth . From this point of departure we have looked back to the origin of the Union ; to the conflict of war by which the severance from the mother - country , and the ...
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... course had been restricted almost exclusively to the mother - country.s Their political relations were only those of a subordinate dependance of a great empire . A The Declaration of Independence recognised the Eu- ropean law of nations ...
... course had been restricted almost exclusively to the mother - country.s Their political relations were only those of a subordinate dependance of a great empire . A The Declaration of Independence recognised the Eu- ropean law of nations ...
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adopted allegiance American appointed armies articles of confederation authority blessings Britain British character citizens claim commemoration commerce committee confederacy confederation Congress Congress assembled Constitution Convention crown debts Declaration of Inde Declaration of Independence defence delegates in Congress dissolve disunited draught duty establishment executive departments executive power Federal Foreign Affairs France free and independent gentlemen glory gress head honour human institution intercourse Jay's treaty Jefferson John Trumbull judicial jurisdiction justice king land law of nations laws of nature league of friendship legislative Legislatures liberty ment minister Mount Ebal Mount Gerizim Mount Vernon nature's navigation negotiation never North Carolina Orator organization patriotism Philip Hone political ports power of Congress present principles proposed ratification republic republican Revolution revolutionary Rhode Island secede Secretary of Foreign self-evident truths separate sovereign sovereignty Spain spirit stitution territory thirteen throne toast United Colonies whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 23 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 126 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Página 131 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 119 - There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
Página 131 - Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Página 52 - Muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos.
Página 49 - ... quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them, Heaven alone can foretell. Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me, although I may be deserted by all men; for of the consolations...
Página 57 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Página 25 - That the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such States as claim to the Mississippi or South Sea, and lay out the land beyond the boundary so ascertained into separate and independent States from time to time as the numbers and circumstances of the people thereof may require.
Página 6 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...