The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: Late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Volumen2Bonsal and Niles, 1801 |
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... . THE influence of this right extends still farther . If money is wanted by rulers who have in any manner oppressed the people , they may retain it , * Montesquieu . until their grievances are redressed ; and thus peaceably procure ( 6 )
... . THE influence of this right extends still farther . If money is wanted by rulers who have in any manner oppressed the people , they may retain it , * Montesquieu . until their grievances are redressed ; and thus peaceably procure ( 6 )
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... manner , your money shall be taken from you ? No. The power of mak- ing laws for you is lodged in the governor and coun- cil , all of them dependent upon , and removeable at the pleasure of a minister . Besides , another late statute ...
... manner , your money shall be taken from you ? No. The power of mak- ing laws for you is lodged in the governor and coun- cil , all of them dependent upon , and removeable at the pleasure of a minister . Besides , another late statute ...
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... manner . " " THE power of judging should be exercised by persons taken from the body of the people , at cer- tain times of the year , and pursuant to a form and manner pescribed by law . There is no liberty , if the power of judging be ...
... manner . " " THE power of judging should be exercised by persons taken from the body of the people , at cer- tain times of the year , and pursuant to a form and manner pescribed by law . There is no liberty , if the power of judging be ...
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... manner we do , silence would be disloyalty . By giving this faithful inform- ation , we do all in our power to promote the great objects of your royal cares , the tranquillity of your government , and the welfare of your people . DUTY ...
... manner we do , silence would be disloyalty . By giving this faithful inform- ation , we do all in our power to promote the great objects of your royal cares , the tranquillity of your government , and the welfare of your people . DUTY ...
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... manner be inconsistent with her dignity or her welfare . These , related as we are to her , honour and duty , as well as inclination , induce us to support and advance ; and the appprehensions that now oppress our hearts with ...
... manner be inconsistent with her dignity or her welfare . These , related as we are to her , honour and duty , as well as inclination , induce us to support and advance ; and the appprehensions that now oppress our hearts with ...
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Página 100 - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, " Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?
Página 230 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without friends or a government to support you. " You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Página 284 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Página 42 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Página 12 - The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
Página 105 - ... there can be but one supreme power which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet, the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Página 130 - I think I see the royal state of boroughs, walking their desolate streets, hanging down their heads under disappointments ; wormed out of all the branches of their old trade, uncertain what hand to turn to ; necessitated to become apprentices to their unkind neighbours ; and yet, after all, finding their trade so fortified by companies, and secured by prescriptions, that they despair of any success therein.
Página 224 - Priam's hoary hairs defiled with gore, Not all my brothers gasping on the shore ; As thine, Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led...
Página 94 - The fact therefore must be that the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government; and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on which they have a right to exist.
Página 363 - The progress of the enormous debts which at present oppress, and will in the long run probably ruin, all the great nations of Europe...