A Voice from America to EnglandH. Colburn, 1839 - 321 strani |
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... called society ; and but for those who have some respect for the name , it might be set down as a state of barbarism , and but one re- move from a state of nature wherein the will of a plural number is expressed in the most convenient ...
... called society ; and but for those who have some respect for the name , it might be set down as a state of barbarism , and but one re- move from a state of nature wherein the will of a plural number is expressed in the most convenient ...
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... called government , end , and this begin ? Plainly , there The arbitrary is no exact limit that can be fixed . and accidental application of names does not de- termine this question . Democracy might choose a king ; and history , or ...
... called government , end , and this begin ? Plainly , there The arbitrary is no exact limit that can be fixed . and accidental application of names does not de- termine this question . Democracy might choose a king ; and history , or ...
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... called democracy , and which is , in fact , democracy in the grammatical sense already ascribed to it ; and that this power has been constantly acquiring influence , and gaining ascendancy in the republic during the term of its history ...
... called democracy , and which is , in fact , democracy in the grammatical sense already ascribed to it ; and that this power has been constantly acquiring influence , and gaining ascendancy in the republic during the term of its history ...
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... called so - so much the greater his liberty ; but the deeper he plunges into society , so much the less is his liberty . The spare population of the newly - peopled Ame- rican wilderness is favourable to liberty ; but it is an ...
... called so - so much the greater his liberty ; but the deeper he plunges into society , so much the less is his liberty . The spare population of the newly - peopled Ame- rican wilderness is favourable to liberty ; but it is an ...
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... called a constitu- tion - is much more efficient for a consolidated state , and can at any time be adapted to present exigencies . But , in the formation of the American * Note D. Note E. constitution , it was necessary to consider that ...
... called a constitu- tion - is much more efficient for a consolidated state , and can at any time be adapted to present exigencies . But , in the formation of the American * Note D. Note E. constitution , it was necessary to consider that ...
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Abolition Abolitionists accidental ascendency action American Abolitionism American Anti-Slavery Society American Government American slavery American society assembly authority Blue Laws body British called Canada Canadian cerned CHAPTER character Christianity Church citizens civil civilisation colonies common Commonwealth Congregationalists Congress connexion consequence consideration Constitution cracy democracy democratic denominations dynasty of opinion empire England equal established executive existence fact faith fanaticism favour feeling field gion hands heaven honour human independent infidelity influence influential institutions Joseph Ritner legislation liberty ligion Loco-Focos Lord Durham maintain Massachussetts matter ment minister modes moral nation never Northern labourers object operation organisation party patronage peace political fabric political power popular Presbyterian President principle public mind purposes question racter radicalism reason reform religion Religious and Benevolent religious sects religious world republic republican respect slave slave-holding social spirit supposed things tical tion Tocqueville United voluntary voluntaryism
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Stran 298 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great creator and preserver of the universe.
Stran 301 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Stran 55 - ... line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little.
Stran 29 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Stran 299 - Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their Legislature with power to authorize and require and the...
Stran 114 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
Stran 298 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested or restrained in his person, liberty or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience or for his religious profession or sentiments, provided he doth not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Stran 298 - That no person, within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be anywise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion, and do not actually disturb the civil peace of our said colony...
Stran 301 - ... no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent...
Stran iii - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.