Colonial, state, and national rights, 1761-1861G. P. Putnam's sons, 1916 - Public lands |
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... not the first , of the postulate of the Virginia Bill of Rights ( see Chapter VI ) , and its modification in the postulate of the Declaration of Independence . alienated but by idiots or madmen . The " poor 1761 ] II Writs of Assistance.
... not the first , of the postulate of the Virginia Bill of Rights ( see Chapter VI ) , and its modification in the postulate of the Declaration of Independence . alienated but by idiots or madmen . The " poor 1761 ] II Writs of Assistance.
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... Bill of Rights , and the Revolution of 1688. The security of these rights had been the object of all struggles , in every age , against arbitrary power - temporal and spiritual , civil and military . Americans as British subjects were ...
... Bill of Rights , and the Revolution of 1688. The security of these rights had been the object of all struggles , in every age , against arbitrary power - temporal and spiritual , civil and military . Americans as British subjects were ...
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... bill passed the Massa- chusetts Assembly restraining the issuing of these writs , except to custom - house officers , and then only upon special information on oath . But Governor Bernard refused his assent to the bill , and the ...
... bill passed the Massa- chusetts Assembly restraining the issuing of these writs , except to custom - house officers , and then only upon special information on oath . But Governor Bernard refused his assent to the bill , and the ...
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... bill for the Stamp Act in the next session of Commons . It met with strong opposition . Pitt was absent , through sickness , and Colonel Isaac Barré led the anti - administration forces by right of eloquence . Charles Townshend and ...
... bill for the Stamp Act in the next session of Commons . It met with strong opposition . Pitt was absent , through sickness , and Colonel Isaac Barré led the anti - administration forces by right of eloquence . Charles Townshend and ...
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... bill ) , and passed the bill by a vote of 250 to 50. It was adopted by the Lords almost unani- mously , and received the royal sanction on March 22 , 1765 . It imposed duties on most of the instruments used in legal proceedings and ...
... bill ) , and passed the bill by a vote of 250 to 50. It was adopted by the Lords almost unani- mously , and received the royal sanction on March 22 , 1765 . It imposed duties on most of the instruments used in legal proceedings and ...
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Page 339 - The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 433 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 103 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Page 157 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Page xii - UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 339 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 153 - The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded, with no small show of success. One dashingly calls them "glittering generalities.
Page 339 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 179 - The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 339 - ... be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence therefore it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.