Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes, Količina 1Way and Gideon, 1823 |
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Stran 7
... means most proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of them . Ordered , That the appointment of the committee , and the number of which it shall consist , be deferred until to - morrow . Resolved , That a committee be appointed ...
... means most proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of them . Ordered , That the appointment of the committee , and the number of which it shall consist , be deferred until to - morrow . Resolved , That a committee be appointed ...
Stran 10
... means of life ; whereby the streets of Boston are thronged with milita- ry executioners ; whereby our coasts are lined and harbours crouded with ships of war ; whereby the charter of the colony , that sacred barrier against the en ...
... means of life ; whereby the streets of Boston are thronged with milita- ry executioners ; whereby our coasts are lined and harbours crouded with ships of war ; whereby the charter of the colony , that sacred barrier against the en ...
Stran 12
... means in our power , and that be and are hereby appointed a committee , to consider of the best ways and means to promote and establish the same , and to report to this convention as soon as may be . 16. That the exigencies of our ...
... means in our power , and that be and are hereby appointed a committee , to consider of the best ways and means to promote and establish the same , and to report to this convention as soon as may be . 16. That the exigencies of our ...
Stran 15
... mean time deliberate on the means most proper to be used for a restoration of our rights . After some debate on the subject , the Congress adjourned . MONDAY , September 26 , 1774. A. M. The Congress met according to adjournment . John ...
... mean time deliberate on the means most proper to be used for a restoration of our rights . After some debate on the subject , the Congress adjourned . MONDAY , September 26 , 1774. A. M. The Congress met according to adjournment . John ...
Stran 16
... means proper to be used for a restoration of American rights . During this debate , an express from Boston arrived with a letter from the committee of correspondence , dated the 29th of September , which was laid before the Congress ...
... means proper to be used for a restoration of American rights . During this debate , an express from Boston arrived with a letter from the committee of correspondence , dated the 29th of September , which was laid before the Congress ...
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Stran 30 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment, that a British parliament should ever consent to establish in that country, a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Stran 20 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Stran 84 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Stran 84 - As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire...
Stran 139 - Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence, (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court, or General Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make Provision also, for the support of the Civil Government, and the Administration of Justice...
Stran 43 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Stran 20 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Stran 407 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Stran 85 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Stran 21 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.