A Voice from America to EnglandH. Colburn, 1839 - 321 strani |
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Stran iv
... liberty - of democracy . There are numerous con- siderations in the history and aspects of American society , which must necessarily command attention and exert influence , especially with the present most prevalent temper of mankind ...
... liberty - of democracy . There are numerous con- siderations in the history and aspects of American society , which must necessarily command attention and exert influence , especially with the present most prevalent temper of mankind ...
Stran 10
... be regarded , aside from the forms under which it acts , and by which it is in some measure constrained , it must be confessed there is some reason for it . . LIBERTY AND EQUALITY . - It is singular , 10 DEFINITIONS .
... be regarded , aside from the forms under which it acts , and by which it is in some measure constrained , it must be confessed there is some reason for it . . LIBERTY AND EQUALITY . - It is singular , 10 DEFINITIONS .
Stran 11
... liberty , " to the denial , on the part of the British Crown , of the right of representation as a correlative of the right of taxation . It is simply a declaration of the right of influence in the govern- ment , in this particular mode ...
... liberty , " to the denial , on the part of the British Crown , of the right of representation as a correlative of the right of taxation . It is simply a declaration of the right of influence in the govern- ment , in this particular mode ...
Stran 12
... Liberty " become ! What a talisman in human society ! What potency , and what a sweep of influence , has it acquired by having been distilled into an abstract notion , and then bandied about in all such applica- tions as their interests ...
... Liberty " become ! What a talisman in human society ! What potency , and what a sweep of influence , has it acquired by having been distilled into an abstract notion , and then bandied about in all such applica- tions as their interests ...
Stran 13
... 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 abridgment of the advantages of civilization ...
... 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 abridgment of the advantages of civilization ...
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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.