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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... officers are shamed or intimidated, into more honourable and just modes of conducting affairs. These are the invaluable rights, that form a considerable part of our mild system of government ; that, sending its equitable energy through ...
... officers are shamed or intimidated, into more honourable and just modes of conducting affairs. These are the invaluable rights, that form a considerable part of our mild system of government ; that, sending its equitable energy through ...
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... officers of the customs are impowered to break open and enter houses without the authority of any civil magistrate founded on legal information . THE judges of courts of common law have been made intirely dependent on one part of the ...
... officers of the customs are impowered to break open and enter houses without the authority of any civil magistrate founded on legal information . THE judges of courts of common law have been made intirely dependent on one part of the ...
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... officers and soldiers in his majesty's service in North - America . To a sovereign , who glories in the name of Bri- ton ; the bare recital of these acts must , we pre sume , justify the loyal subjects who fly to the foot of his throne ...
... officers and soldiers in his majesty's service in North - America . To a sovereign , who glories in the name of Bri- ton ; the bare recital of these acts must , we pre sume , justify the loyal subjects who fly to the foot of his throne ...
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... officers and soldiers of that detachment , murdered eight of the inhabitants , and wounded many others . From thence the troops proceeded in warlike array to the town of Concord , where they set upon another par- ty of the inhabitants ...
... officers and soldiers of that detachment , murdered eight of the inhabitants , and wounded many others . From thence the troops proceeded in warlike array to the town of Concord , where they set upon another par- ty of the inhabitants ...
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... reason to believe it has been in part owing to the artifices of men who have hastened to enrich themselves by . monopolizing the necessaries of life , and to the misconduct of inferior officers employed in the pub- lic service ( 54 )
... reason to believe it has been in part owing to the artifices of men who have hastened to enrich themselves by . monopolizing the necessaries of life , and to the misconduct of inferior officers employed in the pub- lic service ( 54 )
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Página 68 - 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 132 - 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 161 - 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 29 - JUStice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Página 29 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties — being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES.
Página 29 - Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine...
Página 31 - With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the Universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to protect us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Página 30 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.