| Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...colonies are not so numerous or rich as they are. I am for giving all the satisfaction in my power. The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not 1 Although Mr. Henry was in advance of most of his countrymen at this time, yet in the spring of 1770,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...down. The distinctions between Yirginians, Pennsylvanians, New 1 Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry, p. 224. Yorkers and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American."' To give proper dignity and solemnity to the proceedings of the House it was moved on the following... | |
| George Bancroft - 1860 - 450 pages
...by its exports and imports, he yet himself spoke for a representation of men. " Slaves," said he, " are to be thrown out of the question ; if the freemen...property," said Lynch, of South Carolina, " should deter: mine the weight of the colonies." But he admitted that such a rule could not then be settled.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1860 - 482 pages
...into one mass. Where are your landmarks — your boundaries of colonies ? They are all thrown down. The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, hut an American" f After some debate, it was determined that each colony should have but one vote,... | |
| Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1863 - 712 pages
...once Massachusetts Bay, and that part which was once Virginia, ought to have some weight. # # # # ipke distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders, are no more. / am not a Virginian, but an American."* "At this unhappy period," said Congress, in an address to... | |
| Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 pages
...mass. . . . Where are your landmarks, your boundaries of colonies ? . . . The distinctions be- \ tween Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders,...are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.' * The idea of a republic one and indivisible never became popular in the United States. In 1774, it... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 812 pages
...Colon its f Tfity are all thrown down. The distinctions Muun Virginians, Pennsyhanians, New Yorlers, and New Englanders are no more. I AM NOT A VIRGINIAN, BUT AN AMERICAN." And when, after the Union was a recorded and mighty fact in history, the united people through their... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - United States - 1863 - 284 pages
...mass. Where are your landmarks, your boundaries of colonies? They are all thrown down. The distinction between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American" Under a common impulse all the States sent delegates to the second Continental Congress, which assembled... | |
| Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 516 pages
...thrown into one mass—Where are your landmarks, your boundaries of colonies ? They are all thrown down. The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...no more ; I am not a Virginian, but an American." It is certain that this First Congress contained a great number of able, patriotic, and moderate men,... | |
| Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...thrown into one mass—Where are your landmarks, your boundaries of colonies ? They are all thrown down. The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...no more ; I am not a Virginian, but an American." It is certain that this First Congress contained a great number of able, patriotic, and moderate men,... | |
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