 | 1776 - 746 strani
...in •vrbxt ought to be fo plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read it ? What allegiance rs it that we forget '. Allegiance to parliament ! We...Allegiance to our King ! Our words have ever avowed it, . — ou r conduit has ever been confiftent with it. We condemn, and with arms in our hands (a refource,... | |
 | 1776 - 772 strani
...may read it ) What allegiance is it that we f rget ? Allegiance to parliament t We never owed—we never owned it. Allegiance to our king ? Our words have ever avowed it— our conduct has ever t>een confident with it. We condemn( and with arms in our hands — a refource which... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 644 strani
...power that has protected and sustained us." Why all this ambiguity and obscurity in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read it?...Allegiance to our king? Our words have ever avowed it, our conduct has ever been consistent with it. "We condemn, and with arms in our hands, — a resource which... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 strani
...ambiguity and obscurity, in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read." " What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to...Allegiance to our king? Our words have ever avowed it; our conduct has ever been consistent with it." 1 Journ. 263. Now it is very immaterial what form of a declaration... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 strani
...ambiguity and obscurity, in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read." " What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to...Allegiance to our king? Our words have ever avowed it; our conduct has ever been consistent with it." 1 Journ. 263. Now it is very immaterial what form of a declaration... | |
 | Charles Janeway Stillé - 1891 - 468 strani
...of the bayonet by military plenipotentiaries." In like manner, the report of December, 1775, asks, " What allegiance is it that we forget ? Allegiance to Parliament? We never owed it; we never owned it. Allegiance to our king? Our words have ever avowed it; our conduct has been... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1901 - 556 strani
...power that has protected and sustained us.' Why all this ambiguity and obscurity in what ought to be so plain and obvious as that he who runs may read it?...Allegiance to our king? Our words have ever avowed it, our conduct has ever been consistent with it." The English government by a cabinet was not then in as perfect... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1905 - 296 strani
...power that has protected and sustained us." Why all this ambiguity and obscurity in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read it...to our King? Our words have ever avowed it, — our conduct has ever been consistent with it. We condemn, and with arms in our hands, — a resource which... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1905 - 306 strani
...that has protected and sustained us.'' Why all this ambiguity and obscurity in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read it?...to our King? Our words have ever avowed it. — our conduct has ever been consistent with it. We condemn, and with arms in our hands, — a resource which... | |
 | Betsy McCaughey Ross - 1980 - 388 strani
...issued their first forthright denial of that authority. "Allegiance to Parliament? We never owed — never owned it. Allegiance to our King? Our words have ever avowed it — our conduct has ever been consistent with it," the Congress asserted.2 Weeks later Thomas Paine's masterly... | |
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Why all this ambiguity and obscurity in what ought to be so plain and obvious, as that he who runs may read it ? What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to Parliament? We never owed — we never owned it. Allegiance to our King? Our words have... 
