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... House of Commons - Attitude of France and Spain CHAPTER VIII . • Public Opinion in America - Progress of Republican Principles - French Influence - Fate of New Orleans when ceded to Spain- The British Government in 1769 - Lord North and ...
... House of Commons - Attitude of France and Spain CHAPTER VIII . • Public Opinion in America - Progress of Republican Principles - French Influence - Fate of New Orleans when ceded to Spain- The British Government in 1769 - Lord North and ...
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... House of Commons in the Autumn of 1774 Speech from the Throne at the Opening of Parliament - Ministerial Difficulties with respect to America - Franklin's Proposals for a Compromise- The Question as between Colonial Rights and Imperial ...
... House of Commons in the Autumn of 1774 Speech from the Throne at the Opening of Parliament - Ministerial Difficulties with respect to America - Franklin's Proposals for a Compromise- The Question as between Colonial Rights and Imperial ...
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... House of Lords - Debates and Bills in Parliament - The Prohibitory Act - An Erroneous Anticipation - Opinion in Ireland and in Scotland - Sympathy with England among the Smaller European Monarchies - Political and Military Position of ...
... House of Lords - Debates and Bills in Parliament - The Prohibitory Act - An Erroneous Anticipation - Opinion in Ireland and in Scotland - Sympathy with England among the Smaller European Monarchies - Political and Military Position of ...
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... House of Lords , and Death on the 11th of May - The Com- mand of the British Forces in America transferred from Sir William Howe to Sir Henry Clinton - Threatened Resigna . tion of Lord George Germaine , the Colonial Secretary ...
... House of Lords , and Death on the 11th of May - The Com- mand of the British Forces in America transferred from Sir William Howe to Sir Henry Clinton - Threatened Resigna . tion of Lord George Germaine , the Colonial Secretary ...
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... House CHAPTER XLVII . Results of the Battle of Guildford Court House - Retreat of Lord Cornwallis - Defects of the American Militia - Temporary Pur- suit of Cornwallis by Greene - The American Commander enters South Carolina - Virginia ...
... House CHAPTER XLVII . Results of the Battle of Guildford Court House - Retreat of Lord Cornwallis - Defects of the American Militia - Temporary Pur- suit of Cornwallis by Greene - The American Commander enters South Carolina - Virginia ...
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Page 136 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 545 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 257 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 545 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 136 - ... through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection ; when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us. I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me. My rigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Page 545 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Page 501 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 546 - The nation which indulges towards 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 136 - Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 545 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.