Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4R. W. Pomeroy, 1823 |
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... ment . It was not a place to flatter the ambition of a member of the congress of 1776 , and Mr. Hey- ward's fortune placed him above pecuniary con- siderations . A sense of public duty alone induced him to take a judicial office , when ...
... ment . It was not a place to flatter the ambition of a member of the congress of 1776 , and Mr. Hey- ward's fortune placed him above pecuniary con- siderations . A sense of public duty alone induced him to take a judicial office , when ...
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... ment and the bosom of his family , the calmness of a virtuous old age . By a marriage in 1786 , with Miss E. Savage , he had secured a companion for his retirement , by whose superior understanding the cares of life were divided , and ...
... ment and the bosom of his family , the calmness of a virtuous old age . By a marriage in 1786 , with Miss E. Savage , he had secured a companion for his retirement , by whose superior understanding the cares of life were divided , and ...
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... is our natural connection ; let us forego some trifling con- veniences in hopes of greater advantage ; resolve not to purchase any goods out of the government but such as are excepted in the Philadelphia agree- ment READ . 31.
... is our natural connection ; let us forego some trifling con- veniences in hopes of greater advantage ; resolve not to purchase any goods out of the government but such as are excepted in the Philadelphia agree- ment READ . 31.
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... ment , and fall upon some effectual measures to sup- port this conduct . " The agreement recommended by Mr. Read was soon very generally adopted . It was dated the seventeenth of August , 1769 , and framed with much vigour and ability ...
... ment , and fall upon some effectual measures to sup- port this conduct . " The agreement recommended by Mr. Read was soon very generally adopted . It was dated the seventeenth of August , 1769 , and framed with much vigour and ability ...
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... ment should be supported ; and for this purpose , two persons were appointed , in each town , a com- mittee of inspection to watch the trade . The duty of these persons is to examine what goods are brought into this government , and in ...
... ment should be supported ; and for this purpose , two persons were appointed , in each town , a com- mittee of inspection to watch the trade . The duty of these persons is to examine what goods are brought into this government , and in ...
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Page 64 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page 53 - 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...
Page 64 - ... shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward:" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Page 98 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
Page 198 - I presume we shall be called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all ideas of an independent and deliberative body, which are essential requisites in the Legislatures of free Governments...
Page 53 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person...
Page 191 - But whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
Page 4 - The American Civil War of 1861-1865 marks an epoch not only in the history of the United States, but in that of democracy, and of civilization. Its issue has vitally affected the course of human progress. To the student of history it ranks along with the conquests of Alexander; the incursions of the Barbarians; the Crusades; the discovery of America, and the American Revolution. It settled the question of our...