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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... perform . There was avowedly no executive power . The nation fell into an atrophy . The Union lan- guished to the point of death . A torpid numbness seized upon all its faculties . A chilling cold indiffer- ence crept from its ...
... perform . There was avowedly no executive power . The nation fell into an atrophy . The Union lan- guished to the point of death . A torpid numbness seized upon all its faculties . A chilling cold indiffer- ence crept from its ...
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... dependence , the dissolution of the ties of allegiance , the assumption of sovereign power , and the institution of civil government , are all acts of transcendant author- ity , which the people alone are competent to perform 15.
... dependence , the dissolution of the ties of allegiance , the assumption of sovereign power , and the institution of civil government , are all acts of transcendant author- ity , which the people alone are competent to perform 15.
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... performed by that instru- ment . But there still remained the last and crowning act , which the People of the Union alone were competent to perform the institution of civil government , for that compound nation , the United States of ...
... performed by that instru- ment . But there still remained the last and crowning act , which the People of the Union alone were competent to perform the institution of civil government , for that compound nation , the United States of ...
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... perform . Even that of dissolving the ties of allegiance which he is bound to his country of renouncing that country itself of demolishing its government , of insti- tuting another government , and of making for himself another country ...
... perform . Even that of dissolving the ties of allegiance which he is bound to his country of renouncing that country itself of demolishing its government , of insti- tuting another government , and of making for himself another country ...
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... performing their own engage- ments with good faith , and claiming their own unques- tionable rights . 1 The justification of the people of the eleven states , which had adopted the Constitution of the United States , and of that ...
... performing their own engage- ments with good faith , and claiming their own unques- tionable rights . 1 The justification of the people of the eleven states , which had adopted the Constitution of the United States , and of that ...
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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
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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...