 May, 1769, its first work, after organizing, was to resolve that, "an armament by sea and land investing the metropolis, and a military guard, with cannon pointed at the very door of the State House, where this Assembly is held, is inconsistent with that...  Collections of the American Statistical Association - Stran 382avtor: American Statistical Association - 1847Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Ellen Chase - 1910 - 474 strani
...the session. "An armament by sea and land investing the metropolis," they objected,2 "is inconsistent with that dignity, as well as that freedom, with which...have a right to deliberate, consult, and determine." Pending a reply, all proceedings were suspended. This protest was accompanied by one from one hundred... | |
 | Arthur Stanwood Pier - 1913 - 318 strani
...with cannon pointed at the very door of the State House where this Assembly is held, is inconsistent with that dignity, as well as that freedom, with which...right to deliberate, consult, and determine." The royalist governor was not particularly accessible to such a protest, but when it was repeated in even... | |
 | 1896 - 542 strani
...with cannon pointed at the very door of the state house, where this Assembly is held, is inconsistent with that dignity, as well as that freedom, with which...have a right to deliberate, consult and determine."' They passed further resolves declaring such treatment a " breach of privilege," and that it was only... | |
 | Thomas Hutchinson - 1828 - 572 strani
...with cannon pointed at the very door of the state-house, where this assembly is held, is inconsistent with that dignity, as well as that freedom with which...a right to deliberate, consult, and determine. The experience of ages is sufficient to convince, that the military power is ever dangerous, and subversive... | |
 | Harry Alonzo Cushing - 1896 - 304 strani
...with cannon pointed at the very door of the state house, where this Assembly is held, is inconsistent with that dignity, as well as that freedom, with which we have a right to deliberate, consult and determine."1 They passed further resolves declaring such treatment a " breach of privilege," and that... | |
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