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... equal to the en- thusiastic patriots , were stanch loyalists , willing to do service for George III . , to fight , if need be , in his armies , to give up their property and go into exile rather than surrender the name of Englishmen or ...
... equal to the en- thusiastic patriots , were stanch loyalists , willing to do service for George III . , to fight , if need be , in his armies , to give up their property and go into exile rather than surrender the name of Englishmen or ...
Page 191
... equal vote in the convention , " as unreasonable , and as enabling the small States to negative every good system of govern- ment . " The Virginia representatives , fearing that such an effort would beget fatal altercations , did not ...
... equal vote in the convention , " as unreasonable , and as enabling the small States to negative every good system of govern- ment . " The Virginia representatives , fearing that such an effort would beget fatal altercations , did not ...
Page 198
... equal share of political influence . The delegates from that state reminded the convention that they were restrained by their commission from assent- ing to any change in the rule of suffrage , and , if such a change were insisted on ...
... equal share of political influence . The delegates from that state reminded the convention that they were restrained by their commission from assent- ing to any change in the rule of suffrage , and , if such a change were insisted on ...
Page 207
... equal rep- resentation of the states without a battle , and per- haps no argument could make them yield . yield meant to give up , so it seemed to them , not only the sovereignty but the dignity and safety of their states . The ...
... equal rep- resentation of the states without a battle , and per- haps no argument could make them yield . yield meant to give up , so it seemed to them , not only the sovereignty but the dignity and safety of their states . The ...
Page 208
... equal political rights , to continue the existence of the so- called sovereignty of the individual members . They wished rather to patch up the old than to create a new system . And yet even these men were willing to grant additional ...
... equal political rights , to continue the existence of the so- called sovereignty of the individual members . They wished rather to patch up the old than to create a new system . And yet even these men were willing to grant additional ...
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Page 62 - ... awake, attend to your situation and redress yourselves! If the present moment be lost, every future effort is in vain, and your threats then will be as empty as your entreaties now.
Page 313 - Universe, in affording the people of the United States, in the course of his providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying a new Constitution...
Page 26 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 107 - That the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such States as claim to the Mississippi or South Sea, and lay out the land beyond the boundary so ascertained into separate and independent States from time to time as the numbers and circumstances of the people thereof may require.
Page 108 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Page 64 - And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, under any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
Page 62 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this Revolution and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor?
Page 225 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth— that God governs in the affairs of men.
Page 212 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties...
Page 258 - States to be as different as the interests of Russia and Turkey. Being, notwithstanding, desirous of conciliating the affections of the Eastern States, he should vote against requiring two-thirds instead of a majority.