History of the United States of America, from the Discovery to the Present TimeThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1854 - 996 páginas |
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... ordered the village to be burned and the standing corn to be destroyed . This was a hasty and extreme measure , and its consequences were destined to be severely felt by the colonists . In August , Grenville , who had merely undertaken ...
... ordered the village to be burned and the standing corn to be destroyed . This was a hasty and extreme measure , and its consequences were destined to be severely felt by the colonists . In August , Grenville , who had merely undertaken ...
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... pro- ceeded to frame laws for the government of the domestic affairs of the colony ; and in May , 1631 , that body ordered that in future no person should be admitted a freeman , or entitled to a. COLONIZATION OF MASSACHUSETTS . 121.
... pro- ceeded to frame laws for the government of the domestic affairs of the colony ; and in May , 1631 , that body ordered that in future no person should be admitted a freeman , or entitled to a. COLONIZATION OF MASSACHUSETTS . 121.
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... ordered to take command of the militia of Connecticut , and he proceeded to Hartford to execute his commission ; but the people resisted , and the firmness of Captain Wadsworth forced him. COLONIZATION OF NEW YORK . 169 Reduction of Port ...
... ordered to take command of the militia of Connecticut , and he proceeded to Hartford to execute his commission ; but the people resisted , and the firmness of Captain Wadsworth forced him. COLONIZATION OF NEW YORK . 169 Reduction of Port ...
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... ordered to be marked out in square plats , and freedom was granted them to choose their situation . Hitherto the planters remained utter strangers to the value and fertility of the low lands ; the swamps were therefore carefully avoided ...
... ordered to be marked out in square plats , and freedom was granted them to choose their situation . Hitherto the planters remained utter strangers to the value and fertility of the low lands ; the swamps were therefore carefully avoided ...
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... ordered under arms . Captain Noble Jones , at the head of a troop , was despatched to prevent if possible their entrance into Savannah armed . Having met them , he ordered them to stop and lay down their arms . first they refused ; but ...
... ordered under arms . Captain Noble Jones , at the head of a troop , was despatched to prevent if possible their entrance into Savannah armed . Having met them , he ordered them to stop and lay down their arms . first they refused ; but ...
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Página 997 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 995 - ... the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Página 995 - Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty; in this sense it is, that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that ' the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Página 995 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Página 997 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 997 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Página 995 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Página 997 - This within certain limits is probably true : and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose.
Página 997 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Página 237 - The cold was so extremely severe, that mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning, and went to mr. Frazier's.