The History of the United States, from Their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in 1841: In Four VolumesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1856 - 528 من الصفحات |
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... ... Preparations for defence Battle of Brooklyn .... Retreat from Long Island Overtures from Lord Howe Conference of a Committee of Congress with Lord Howe ......... 183 CONTENTS . Page New York evacuated by Washington .... Jealousies.
... ... Preparations for defence Battle of Brooklyn .... Retreat from Long Island Overtures from Lord Howe Conference of a Committee of Congress with Lord Howe ......... 183 CONTENTS . Page New York evacuated by Washington .... Jealousies.
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... defence , no less than three hundred and forty - seven persons were surprised and butchered without regard to age or sex . The surviving colonists were computed to be less than two thousand . This disaster and its injurious consequences ...
... defence , no less than three hundred and forty - seven persons were surprised and butchered without regard to age or sex . The surviving colonists were computed to be less than two thousand . This disaster and its injurious consequences ...
الصفحة 68
... defence against the French and Indians , who were perpetually harassing their settlements , burning their villages , and murdering their people , is there any danger of their EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBURG . 69 uniting against their own ...
... defence against the French and Indians , who were perpetually harassing their settlements , burning their villages , and murdering their people , is there any danger of their EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBURG . 69 uniting against their own ...
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... defence . A convention of delegates from seven of the colonies accordingly assembled at Albany to hold a conference with the Five Nations , whose friendship would be so important in a war with France . A plan of union - which was to ...
... defence . A convention of delegates from seven of the colonies accordingly assembled at Albany to hold a conference with the Five Nations , whose friendship would be so important in a war with France . A plan of union - which was to ...
الصفحة 78
... defence ; have exerted a valor amidst their constant and laborious industry for the defence of a country , whose frontier was drenched in blood , while its interior yielded all its little savings to your emolument . The people , I ...
... defence ; have exerted a valor amidst their constant and laborious industry for the defence of a country , whose frontier was drenched in blood , while its interior yielded all its little savings to your emolument . The people , I ...
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الصفحة 638 - State, or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
الصفحة 648 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
الصفحة 641 - ... sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states — fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States — regulating the trade, and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states, provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
الصفحة 641 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers ; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States ; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated
الصفحة 639 - ... sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities...
الصفحة 649 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary^ for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
الصفحة 649 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
الصفحة 662 - President and deputy from Virginia New Hampshire JOHN LANGDON NICHOLAS GILMAN Massachusetts NATHANIEL GORHAM RUFUS KING Connecticut WM SAML JOHNSON ROGER SHERMAN New York ALEXANDER HAMILTON New Jersey WIL. LIVINGSTON DAVID BREARLEY WM PATERSON JONA.
الصفحة 654 - The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day.
الصفحة 638 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.