 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 680 strani
...to vsed ivtl'""the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." "Having voted to raise an army of 20,000 men, they unanimously elected0 George Washington commander-in-chief... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 strani
...wihtre la him, the said George Washington, with their lives and fortunel, in the same count ! 'July 6. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as slavery. * * * * * Gen. Washington to the President of Congress, July 10. ' I know nothing, in a speculative... | |
 | Carlo Botta - 1852 - 974 strani
...choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we re ceived from our... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1852 - 560 strani
...irritaTheir hope ted ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. and courage. \ye have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | William Henry Carpenter - 1854 - 376 strani
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety applied to the assembly for aid in enforcing the rules of the... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1856 - 590 strani
...irritafheir hopo ted ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. md courage. \ye jlave counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | 1856 - 654 strani
...submission to ibc tyranny of wicked Minister, or resistance by force. The latter is oar choice. We hare counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." The Congress resolved that an army of twenty thousand men should be raised, and appointed George Washington... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 strani
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | William Thomas Roberts Saffell - 1858 - 566 strani
...American soldier. to the tyranny of wicked ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." On the 4th of July, 1776, the same Congress, within hearing of the fierce thunders of war, declared... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 710 strani
...submission to the tyranny of irritable ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
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We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. 
