Alexander Hamilton and His Contemporaries: Or, The Rise of the American Constitution by Christopher James RiethmüllerBell and Daldy, 1864 - 452 páginas |
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... give due weight to the facts it has brought together ; and , even should you not agree in some of its political con- clusions , you will respect the sincerity of the con- victions on which it is founded , and welcome it if only as a ...
... give due weight to the facts it has brought together ; and , even should you not agree in some of its political con- clusions , you will respect the sincerity of the con- victions on which it is founded , and welcome it if only as a ...
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... give much time to the composition of letters and papers . It was , therefore , of the utmost moment , that he should have a Secretary gifted with the necessary talents , and on whose judgment and integrity he could place full reliance ...
... give much time to the composition of letters and papers . It was , therefore , of the utmost moment , that he should have a Secretary gifted with the necessary talents , and on whose judgment and integrity he could place full reliance ...
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... give in to no kind of amusements myself , and consequently those about me can have none , but are confined from morning till evening hearing and answering the applications and letters of one and another , which will now , I expect ...
... give in to no kind of amusements myself , and consequently those about me can have none , but are confined from morning till evening hearing and answering the applications and letters of one and another , which will now , I expect ...
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... by his Excellency's authority , give it as a positive order from him , that all the Continental troops under your command may be immediately marched to · E 2 King's Ferry , there to cross the river , and THE AIDE - DE - CAMP . 51.
... by his Excellency's authority , give it as a positive order from him , that all the Continental troops under your command may be immediately marched to · E 2 King's Ferry , there to cross the river , and THE AIDE - DE - CAMP . 51.
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... give form and efficiency to your interior constitu- tions and police , it is infinitely more important to have a wise general council ; otherwise , a failure of the measures of the Union will overturn all your labours for the ...
... give form and efficiency to your interior constitu- tions and police , it is infinitely more important to have a wise general council ; otherwise , a failure of the measures of the Union will overturn all your labours for the ...
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Página 34 - ... free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved ; and that as free and independent states, .they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
Página 178 - That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such...
Página 209 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Página 6 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 19 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Página 361 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Página 87 - I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Página 406 - General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government.
Página 129 - ... for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Página 6 - I must declare and avow, that, in the master. states of the world, I know not the people'* nor the senate, who in such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the Delegates of America, assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia.