The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution: Including the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Two Hundred and Forty Three of the Sages and Heroes are Presented in Due Form and Many Others are Named IncidentallyMoss & Brother, 1854 - 480 páginas |
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... committee that prepared instructions for the legislature , which were very obnoxious to the royal governor . He had outraged the people by quartering a mercenary army in the town- was unyielding in his purposes and hastened a tragedy ...
... committee that prepared instructions for the legislature , which were very obnoxious to the royal governor . He had outraged the people by quartering a mercenary army in the town- was unyielding in his purposes and hastened a tragedy ...
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... committee was appointed to present this remonstrance , of which Samuel Adams was chairman . The soldiers were removed and transient peace restored . " Captain Preston was brought before the court charged with giving the order to fire ...
... committee was appointed to present this remonstrance , of which Samuel Adams was chairman . The soldiers were removed and transient peace restored . " Captain Preston was brought before the court charged with giving the order to fire ...
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... committees . So vindictive was governor Hutchinson that he erased his name - an act that recoiled with such force as to rapidly close his public career in the colony . He was succeeded by Governor Gage , who was more fully charged with ...
... committees . So vindictive was governor Hutchinson that he erased his name - an act that recoiled with such force as to rapidly close his public career in the colony . He was succeeded by Governor Gage , who was more fully charged with ...
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... committee to prepare the instrument of eternal separation , he confided the labor to his colleagues - spending his whole force upon the opponents of the measure . Manfully did he contend - gloriously did he triumph . He bore down upon ...
... committee to prepare the instrument of eternal separation , he confided the labor to his colleagues - spending his whole force upon the opponents of the measure . Manfully did he contend - gloriously did he triumph . He bore down upon ...
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... committees - chairman of twenty - five - chairman of the board of war and appeals , discharged all his duties promptly and was uniformly in his seat when any important measure was under discussion . In December , 1777 , he was appointed ...
... committees - chairman of twenty - five - chairman of the board of war and appeals , discharged all his duties promptly and was uniformly in his seat when any important measure was under discussion . In December , 1777 , he was appointed ...
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Página 147 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Página 468 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
Página 190 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Página 147 - We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne.
Página 16 - ... 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 has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 468 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Página 468 - ... facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion; and remember especially that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty is indispensable.
Página 25 - Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?
Página 147 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.
Página 8 - Soon after the Reformation, a few People came over into this new world for conscience sake. Perhaps this, apparently, trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me.