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... position he so grew in public favor that , two years afterward ( 1780 ) , he was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress . He was still under thirty , and had he been even a more brilliant young man than he really was , it ...
... position he so grew in public favor that , two years afterward ( 1780 ) , he was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress . He was still under thirty , and had he been even a more brilliant young man than he really was , it ...
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... position of the government was one of extreme difficulty . To tide over an imme- diate necessity , a further loan had been asked of France in 1782 , and bills were drawn against it without waiting for acceptance . It was not very likely ...
... position of the government was one of extreme difficulty . To tide over an imme- diate necessity , a further loan had been asked of France in 1782 , and bills were drawn against it without waiting for acceptance . It was not very likely ...
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... position . The course of the war in the Southern States in the winter of 1780-81 aroused in Georgia and the Carolinas renewed anxiety for an alliance with Spain . The fear of their people was , that , in case of the necessity for a ...
... position . The course of the war in the Southern States in the winter of 1780-81 aroused in Georgia and the Carolinas renewed anxiety for an alliance with Spain . The fear of their people was , that , in case of the necessity for a ...
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... position . New instructions were again sent to her representatives , and Mr. Jay was once more advised by Congress , that on the Mississippi ques- tion his government would yield nothing . On another question , two years afterward , Mr ...
... position . New instructions were again sent to her representatives , and Mr. Jay was once more advised by Congress , that on the Mississippi ques- tion his government would yield nothing . On another question , two years afterward , Mr ...
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... position when the new act was submitted to her . The operation of the law was limited to five and twenty years . This Hamilton opposed , and Madison supported ; and in this difference some of the biographers of both see the ...
... position when the new act was submitted to her . The operation of the law was limited to five and twenty years . This Hamilton opposed , and Madison supported ; and in this difference some of the biographers of both see the ...
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Page 60 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Page 66 - ... support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 16 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.
Page 44 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 107 - Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.
Page 104 - Religion and humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is, whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union.
Page 66 - Virginia do enact that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever...
Page 12 - There are at this time in the adjacent county not less than five or six well-meaning men in close jail for publishing their religious sentiments, which in the main are very orthodox. I have neither patience to hear, talk, or think of anything relative to this matter; for I have squabbled and scolded, abused and ridiculed, so long about it to [so] little purpose, that I am without common patience.
Page 104 - They produce the most pernicious effect OH manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a country.
Page 67 - In fact, it is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings, priests, and nobles : and it is honorable for us, to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare, that the reason of man may be trusted with the formation of his own opinions.