The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1857 - 400 من الصفحات |
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... possessed , and that they should always exercise , the privilege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and they further declared , that the transportation to England of persons accused of treason in the colonies , in ...
... possessed , and that they should always exercise , the privilege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and they further declared , that the transportation to England of persons accused of treason in the colonies , in ...
الصفحة 81
... possessed , or to their mechanical trades . Below all these again , and the vilest of the race , were the class of persons termed " overseers , " who tyrannized over the slaves , who were the most cringing of human beings to their ...
... possessed , or to their mechanical trades . Below all these again , and the vilest of the race , were the class of persons termed " overseers , " who tyrannized over the slaves , who were the most cringing of human beings to their ...
الصفحة 153
... possessing the military force of the Union without the aid or check of a council , he would not be easily dethroned , even if the people could be induced to withdraw their votes from him . I wish at the end of the four years they had ...
... possessing the military force of the Union without the aid or check of a council , he would not be easily dethroned , even if the people could be induced to withdraw their votes from him . I wish at the end of the four years they had ...
الصفحة 177
... possessing the stern- est integrity and honesty of purpose , who ever moved amid its stirring scenes , was the Secretary of the Treasury . A compromise was at length effected between the contending factions , in reference to which Mr ...
... possessing the stern- est integrity and honesty of purpose , who ever moved amid its stirring scenes , was the Secretary of the Treasury . A compromise was at length effected between the contending factions , in reference to which Mr ...
الصفحة 190
... to say that , notwithstanding his frequent collisions with Mr. Hamilton , and the personal and political rivalry which existed between them , he possessed magna- nimity enough on some occasions to render a tribute of 190 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... to say that , notwithstanding his frequent collisions with Mr. Hamilton , and the personal and political rivalry which existed between them , he possessed magna- nimity enough on some occasions to render a tribute of 190 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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الصفحة 328 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
الصفحة 326 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
الصفحة 126 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
الصفحة 141 - Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.
الصفحة 254 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
الصفحة 326 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses: For abolishing the...
الصفحة 24 - Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
الصفحة 325 - He has suffered the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states, refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices by a selfassumed power, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
الصفحة 328 - ... and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity, [and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy us.
الصفحة 348 - ... without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.