 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 524 páginas
...resolutions on the subject of the Stamp Act; the fifth and last of which is as follows : . " RESOLVED — That the General Assembly of this colony, have the...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." In discussing this and the other resolutions, he had not only to contend hand to hand, with a powerful... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 páginas
...resolutions on the subject of the Stamp Act; the fifth and last of which is as follows : " RESOLVED— Thai the General Assembly of this colony, have the sole...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." In discussing this and the other resolutions, lie had not only to contend hand to hand, with a powerful... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 434 páginas
...inhabitants of this colony ; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." If this resolution speaks in more pointed language than the others, it does not assume a higher tone... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - 1845 - 686 páginas
...Patrick Henry, and after a very warm debate, were adopted. The fifth resolution read as follows : " Resolved therefore, That the General Assembly of this...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." [Nearly at the same time the Assembly of Massachusetts adopted similar resolves.] In the city of New... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 páginas
...whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust, and has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." " After the passage of Henry's resolutions, the governor dissolved the Assembly ; but the people re-elected... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1847 - 356 páginas
...inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whosoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...destroy British, as well as American freedom !" The justice of these resolutions, based as they were upon the well-known principles of the English constitution,... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 páginas
...whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust, and bears a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." The opponents of Henry's resolutions loaded him with abuse, and so galled him with menaces, that, at one... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 páginas
...inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whosoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...destroy British, as well as American freedom !" The justice of these resolutions, based as they were upon the well-known principles of the English constitution,... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 páginas
...inhabitants of this Colony : and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." When these firm resolutions, with their preamble, were read, conflicting emotions arose in every bosom.... | |
 | Salma Hale - 1848 - 392 páginas
...the inhabitants of this colony; and that every attempt to vest such power in any persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." " Resolved, that his majesty's liege people of this most ancient colony have uninterruptedly enjoyed... | |
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Resolved therefore, That the General Assembly of this Colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this Colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever... 
