The Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1. köideDerby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... . 44 ORIGINAL DRAFT OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , 172 SPECIMEN OF ACCOUNTS KEPT WHILE MR . JEFFERSON'S RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN , 456 A LETTER TO HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER , • 4,76 PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a.
... . 44 ORIGINAL DRAFT OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , 172 SPECIMEN OF ACCOUNTS KEPT WHILE MR . JEFFERSON'S RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN , 456 A LETTER TO HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER , • 4,76 PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a.
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... Declaration - Jefferson Chairman instead of R. H. Lee - Marshall's , Lee's , and Tucker's Statement of Reasons - J . Adams pronounces them Erroneous - His Three Statements Examined - Factions in Congress -Virginia Members divided - The ...
... Declaration - Jefferson Chairman instead of R. H. Lee - Marshall's , Lee's , and Tucker's Statement of Reasons - J . Adams pronounces them Erroneous - His Three Statements Examined - Factions in Congress -Virginia Members divided - The ...
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... Declarations - Theodore Sedgwick's - Oliver Wolcott's , Sen. -John Adams's - Other Tests besides Declarations -- Does the Charge of a Monarchical Party rest on Jefferson's Assertions ? The general Belief of the Republicans in the ...
... Declarations - Theodore Sedgwick's - Oliver Wolcott's , Sen. -John Adams's - Other Tests besides Declarations -- Does the Charge of a Monarchical Party rest on Jefferson's Assertions ? The general Belief of the Republicans in the ...
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... Declaration of Independence , and draughting the manifesto by which it was published to the world . She was an agreeable , intelligent woman , as well educated as the other Virginia ladies of the day , of her own elevated rank in ...
... Declaration of Independence , and draughting the manifesto by which it was published to the world . She was an agreeable , intelligent woman , as well educated as the other Virginia ladies of the day , of her own elevated rank in ...
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... natural distaste , or incapacity , for addressing public bodies . But it was not half the physical difficulty that Demos- We have this from those who heard the declarations from their lips . CHAP . II . ] WRITERS NOT OFTEN ORATORS .
... natural distaste , or incapacity , for addressing public bodies . But it was not half the physical difficulty that Demos- We have this from those who heard the declarations from their lips . CHAP . II . ] WRITERS NOT OFTEN ORATORS .
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Page 220 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities...
Page 398 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 101 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Page 175 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Page 95 - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was, unhappily, introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa.
Page 170 - The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offence.
Page 137 - A few more of such flaming arguments as were exhibited at Falmouth and Norfolk, added to the sound doctrine and unanswerable reasoning contained in the pamphlet " Common Sense," will not leave numbers at a loss to decide upon the propriety of a separation.
Page 464 - ... were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 280 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear: When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 118 - Honour, 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. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.