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America American amidst APOSTLES arms Assistance authority battle birth blood Boston brave cause character Christ Church civil College colonies coming continent Court crown death descent doctrines early educated emigration empire England English equal establishment fathers fields fire five forget founders France freedom gave Governor grant hand Hist History holy honor hundred immortal Independence Indian John Adams King land language laws learned liberty lived Lord LOUISIANA Magnalia Mass Massachusetts mighty mission moral mountains never New-England noble North ocean opinion origin Otis Pilgrims Plymouth Plymouth Colony polite population present preserved principles proud pure religious respect rivers rock Rome sacred says seen self-government sent settled shores SOCIETY sons sought soul spirit sublime suffering Thacher thought tions United venerable wander Western worship
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Página 14 - Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion, the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king.
Página 9 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 21 - Every man of an immense, crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take up arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child INDEPENDENCE was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free.
Página 9 - That no act, imposition, law, or ordinance, be made or imposed upon us at present, or to come, but such as has been, or shall be, enacted by the consent of the body of freemen or associates, or their representatives legally assembled ; which is according to the free liberties of the free born people of England.
Página 22 - Oh yes — they are men ! they are noble spirits ! It kills me to think of the lethargy and stupidity that prevails here. I long to be out. I will go out. I will go out. I will go into court, and make a speech which shall be read after my death, as my dying testimony against this infernal tyranny which they are bringing upon us.
Página 21 - Otis was a flame of fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
Página 14 - Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire. Like Vane, he thought himself intrusted with the sceptre of the millennial year. Like Fleetwood, he cried in the bitterness of his soul that God had hid his face from him. But, when he took his seat in the council, or girt on his sword for war, these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them. People, who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their...
Página 9 - ... another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and, by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 9 - England, and endowed with all and singular the privileges belonging to such, being assembled, do ordain...
Página 16 - But our Indian wars are not over \ .-yet: We have too far degenerated into Indian vices. The vices of the Indians are these: They are very lying wretches, and they are very lazy wretches, and they are out of measure indulgent unto their children; there is no family government among them.
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| Título | The Era and the Apostles of Self-government: An Oration Delivered Before the New-England Society of Louisiana, December 22, 1848 |
| Autor | J. S. B. Thacher |
| Editora | W.H. Toy, 1849 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 21 Ago 2006 |
| Número de páginas | 32 páginas |
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