Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Tom 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... convention assembled at Richmond , had turned their attention to the formation of a new plan of government ; and with a haste , which bespeaks rather the ardour of a zealous and oppressed people , for the assertion of their own rights ...
... convention assembled at Richmond , had turned their attention to the formation of a new plan of government ; and with a haste , which bespeaks rather the ardour of a zealous and oppressed people , for the assertion of their own rights ...
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... convention ; but unfortunately , the one that they had hastily framed , had received a final vote , on the day it reached Richmond . The debate had already been ardent and protracted , the members were wearied and exhausted , and after ...
... convention ; but unfortunately , the one that they had hastily framed , had received a final vote , on the day it reached Richmond . The debate had already been ardent and protracted , the members were wearied and exhausted , and after ...
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... convention , entered into by the Bri- tish general , should be obtained from his government . In the mean time it was thought expedient , to remove them into the interior of the country , and Charlottesville in Virginia was selected ...
... convention , entered into by the Bri- tish general , should be obtained from his government . In the mean time it was thought expedient , to remove them into the interior of the country , and Charlottesville in Virginia was selected ...
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... convention for the province of Pennsylvania " met , in January , 1775 . Of this convention Mr. Smith was a member , and joined in the resolutions approving of the conduct of the continental congress , and promising to aid in carrying ...
... convention for the province of Pennsylvania " met , in January , 1775 . Of this convention Mr. Smith was a member , and joined in the resolutions approving of the conduct of the continental congress , and promising to aid in carrying ...
Strona 190
... the proceedings of congress , and to prevent the sober minded people of Pennsylvania from being carried away by the contagious enthusiasm for liberty . At the very time that the convention at Philadelphia were 190 SMITH .
... the proceedings of congress , and to prevent the sober minded people of Pennsylvania from being carried away by the contagious enthusiasm for liberty . At the very time that the convention at Philadelphia were 190 SMITH .
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Strona 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Strona 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Strona 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Strona 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Strona 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Strona 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Strona 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Strona 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Strona 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...