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... Possession - The Iroquois Friendly - Immi- gration of the Walloons - Charter of Privi- leges and Exemptions - Patroons — Manu- factures Forbidden - Slave Labor Introduced -New Sweden - New Netherlanders Want a Voice in the Government ...
... Possession - The Iroquois Friendly - Immi- gration of the Walloons - Charter of Privi- leges and Exemptions - Patroons — Manu- factures Forbidden - Slave Labor Introduced -New Sweden - New Netherlanders Want a Voice in the Government ...
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... possessions on this continent were regarded as the personal property of the sovereign . All The viceroys were appointed by the king and removable by him at pleasure . All grants of lands were made by the sovereign , and if they failed ...
... possessions on this continent were regarded as the personal property of the sovereign . All The viceroys were appointed by the king and removable by him at pleasure . All grants of lands were made by the sovereign , and if they failed ...
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... possessed all his prerogatives within his jurisdiction . His power was as supreme as that of the king over every department , civil and military . He appointed most of the important officers of the vice - royalty . His court was formed ...
... possessed all his prerogatives within his jurisdiction . His power was as supreme as that of the king over every department , civil and military . He appointed most of the important officers of the vice - royalty . His court was formed ...
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... possessed general jurisdiction over Spanish - Ameri- ca ; framed laws and regulations respecting the colonies , and made all the appointments for America reserved to the crown . All officers , from the viceroy to the lowest in rank ...
... possessed general jurisdiction over Spanish - Ameri- ca ; framed laws and regulations respecting the colonies , and made all the appointments for America reserved to the crown . All officers , from the viceroy to the lowest in rank ...
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... possessions in America for more than two centuries and a half , and such were the swaddling clothes which bound the youthful limbs of the Spanish colonies , re- tarding their growth and keeping them in a con- dition of abject dependence ...
... possessions in America for more than two centuries and a half , and such were the swaddling clothes which bound the youthful limbs of the Spanish colonies , re- tarding their growth and keeping them in a con- dition of abject dependence ...
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Page 132 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 133 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 205 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 251 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Page 127 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Page 53 - Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 69 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 62 - Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
Page 205 - Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 191 - The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won .with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.