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... look in upon their deliberations . Let us survey the anxious and careworn countenances , let us hear the firm - toned voices , of this band of patriots . Hancock presides over the solemn sitting ; and one of those not yet prepared to ...
... look in upon their deliberations . Let us survey the anxious and careworn countenances , let us hear the firm - toned voices , of this band of patriots . Hancock presides over the solemn sitting ; and one of those not yet prepared to ...
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... look on us , not as injured , but as ambitious subjects . I shudder before this responsibility . It will be on us , if , relinquishing the ground on which we have stood so long , and stood so safely , we now proclaim Independence , and ...
... look on us , not as injured , but as ambitious subjects . I shudder before this responsibility . It will be on us , if , relinquishing the ground on which we have stood so long , and stood so safely , we now proclaim Independence , and ...
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... look to the general nature of the case , could anything have been more preposterous than to make a Government for the whole Union , and yet leave its power subject , not to one interpretation , but to thirteen or twenty - four ...
... look to the general nature of the case , could anything have been more preposterous than to make a Government for the whole Union , and yet leave its power subject , not to one interpretation , but to thirteen or twenty - four ...
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... look beyond the Union , to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind . I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself to ...
... look beyond the Union , to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind . I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself to ...
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... look to the same instrument in order to ascertain what changes were , in fact , made in the political condition of the States and the country . But , with the exception of " We , the peo- ple of the United States , " in the preamble ...
... look to the same instrument in order to ascertain what changes were , in fact , made in the political condition of the States and the country . But , with the exception of " We , the peo- ple of the United States , " in the preamble ...
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Page 62 - 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.
Page 62 - 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...
Page 46 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 6 - Sir, let it come! It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others...
Page 61 - ... enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter — with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people?
Page 190 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 62 - ... the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad ; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Page 45 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 14 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Page 4 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?