| Daniel Webster - 1851 - 634 strani
...their affairs, to adopt such government as would, in the opinion of the representatives of the pcople, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their...constituents in particular, and America in general. This significant vote was soon followed by the direct proposition which Richard Henry Lee had the honor... | |
| E. B. O'Caliaghan - 1851 - 1224 strani
...of nature^ to adopt such government as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people3 best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general. You may, perhaps, think strange, that nothing further is done fa;' you, at this time, than to send... | |
| Richard C. Simmons - 1981 - 452 strani
...did Congress finally resolve that the colonies might if they felt it necessary adopt governments that "shall in the opinion of the representatives of the...and safety of their constituents in particular and of America in general . ' ' Five days later, after heated debates, it added a preamble to this earlier... | |
| Delaware. Constitutional Convention, Delaware. General Assembly. House of Assembly - 1986 - 630 strani
...enemies, therefore "Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies and Con-ventions of the United Colonies, where no Government sufficient to...constituents in particular and America in general. "Extract from the Minutes "Charles Thomson, Secretary." By special order the same was read a second... | |
| Stephen L. Schechter - 1985 - 276 strani
...recommending to the colonies "where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established[,] to adopt such Government...Constituents in particular and America in general." Congress shortly after added a preamble that instructed the colonies to suppress all authority derived... | |
| Thomas P. Slaughter - 1986 - 306 strani
..."where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established . . . adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of...constituents in particular and America in general." In the summer of 1776, inspired by self-interest, the Continental Congress, and the Declaration of... | |
| Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 strani
...resolution on May 10, 1776: "That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to...of their Constituents in particular, and America in general."3 Three weeks later, on May 31, George Washington warned of the vastness of the task: "To... | |
| 1990 - 540 strani
...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established" they should "adopt such Government as shall, in the Opinion of...of their Constituents in particular and America in general."5 During the ensuing decade after Independence, the cardinal question in discussions about... | |
| Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 strani
...enemies; therefore, Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
| Colin Bonwick - 1991 - 354 strani
...a resolution on 10 May: 'That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
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