The Rise of the Republic of the United StatesLittle, Brown, 1872 - 640 páginas |
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The Rise of the Republic of the United States Richard Frothingham Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
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action addressed adopted American appointed April assembly authority Bancroft Boston Evening Post Boston Gazette Britain British Burgesses cause charter colonists commissioners committee of correspondence common Congress Connecticut Constitution continent convention copy council court crown dated declared defence delegates duty England execution favor Franklin Governor Hampshire held Hist House House of Burgesses Ibid independence inhabitants instructions James Jersey John Adams journals July June king liberty London Lord Lord North Majesty majesty's Maryland Massachusetts Gazette measures meeting ment nation New-York newspapers noble North papers parliament patriots Pennsylvania petition Philadelphia political popular leaders printed proceedings province remark representatives resolution resolves Rhode Island Richard Henry Lee royal Samuel Adams says sent sentiment Sept South Carolina sovereignty speaker spirit Stamp Act thirteen colonies Thomas tion Tories town trade union United Colonies urged Virginia voted Whigs whole William wrote York
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Página 109 - He is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.
Página 543 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 596 - For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Página 161 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Página 606 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction, which an ardent love for my country can inspire ; since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Página 500 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 606 - ... of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency. And in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious...
Página 383 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 204 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Página 178 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the...