Orations & Essays of Edward John Phelps: Diplomat and StatesmanHarper & Brothers, 1901 - 475 strani |
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... adopted a resolution that his conduct was prejudicial to discipline , and injurious to the common cause , and demanding of New Hampshire to revoke the orders under which he was acting . Three days later , they sent him a vote of thanks ...
... adopted a resolution that his conduct was prejudicial to discipline , and injurious to the common cause , and demanding of New Hampshire to revoke the orders under which he was acting . Three days later , they sent him a vote of thanks ...
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... adopted articles of association for the purposes of the war as well as of domestic government . In January , 1777 , they resolved to form an independent State under the name of New Con- necticut , declaring it to be necessary for ...
... adopted articles of association for the purposes of the war as well as of domestic government . In January , 1777 , they resolved to form an independent State under the name of New Con- necticut , declaring it to be necessary for ...
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... adopted . In July following , the constitution was ratified , and at the first election held under it , Thomas Chittenden was made governor . That first constitution of Vermont cannot be read without admiration . I pity the man who , in ...
... adopted . In July following , the constitution was ratified , and at the first election held under it , Thomas Chittenden was made governor . That first constitution of Vermont cannot be read without admiration . I pity the man who , in ...
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... adopted this clause : " As every freeman to preserve his independence ( if without a sufficient estate , ) ought to have some profession , calling , trade or farm whereby he may honestly subsist , there can be no necessity for nor use ...
... adopted this clause : " As every freeman to preserve his independence ( if without a sufficient estate , ) ought to have some profession , calling , trade or farm whereby he may honestly subsist , there can be no necessity for nor use ...
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... adopted by Congress for the admission of Vermont to the Union was signed by the hand of Washington . So came Vermont at last , a hundred years ago , into the sisterhood of the States . Latest of existing com- monwealths to join it ...
... adopted by Congress for the admission of Vermont to the Union was signed by the hand of Washington . So came Vermont at last , a hundred years ago , into the sisterhood of the States . Latest of existing com- monwealths to join it ...
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Stran 467 - Rest unto our souls." —Rest unto our souls! — 'tis all we want, — the end of all our wishes and pursuits : give us a prospect of this, we take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth...
Stran 242 - States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Stran 18 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights; amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety...
Stran 19 - As every freeman, to preserve his independence, (if he has not a sufficient estate,) ought to have some profession, calling, trade, or farm, whereby he may honestly subsist, there can be no necessity for, nor use in establishing offices of profit ; the usual effects of which are dependence and servility, unbecoming freemen, in the possessors and expectants ; faction, contention, corruption, and disorder among the people. Wherefore, whenever an office, through increase of fees or otherwise, becomes...
Stran 66 - No man shall be deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers and the law of the land.
Stran 233 - if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature...
Stran 302 - ... for crime; that no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or...
Stran 307 - The judicial power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time establish.
Stran 87 - We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble, Let's do it after the high Roman fashion, And make Death proud to take us. Come, away; This case of that huge spirit now is cold. Ah, women, women! come; we have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end.
Stran 309 - ... admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between a State and citizens of another State, between citizens of different States, between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of different States, and between a State, or citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens or subjects.