Life of James Sullivan: with Selections from His Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 106 - Britain, and that it was necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies.
Page 153 - River, towards the South, and the great Western Ocean towards the East, and between and within a straight Line directly extending up into the Main Land towards the West, from the Mouth of the said River, called...
Page 320 - The said commissioners shall, by a declaration under their hands and seals, decide what river is the river St. Croix intended by the treaty. The said declaration shall contain a description of the said river and shall particularize the latitude and longitude of its mouth and of its source.
Page 320 - Secretary, and to employ such surveyors or other persons as they shall judge necessary. Duplicates of all their respective reports, declarations, statements and decisions, and of their accounts, and of the Journal of their proceedings shall be delivered by them to the Agents of...
Page 212 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.
Page 325 - Why shall not all the nations on earth determine their disputes in this mode, rather than choke the rivers with their carcasses, and stain the soil of continents with their slain? The whole business has been proceeded upon with great ease, candor and good-humor.
Page 70 - The general threw the bridle of his horse into his servant's hands, and, rushing into the thickest of the fight, seized two tall, brawny riflemen by the throat, keeping them at arm's length, talking to, and shaking them.
Page 255 - The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state; it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this Commonwealth.
Page 320 - Andrews in the Province of New Brunswick and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.
Page 118 - Is it not a law of nature that all men are equal and free ? Is not the law of nature the law of God ? Is not the law of God, then, against slavery ? If there is no law of man establishing it, there is no difficulty. If there is, then the great difficulty is to determine which law you ought to obey; and, if you shall have the same ideas as I have of present, of future things, you will obey the former.