| Benson John Lossing - 1865 - 388 páginas
...body offered to Great Britain the hand of reconciliation, at the same time saying, with firmness, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." They voted to raise an army of twenty thousand men ; and, on the 15th of June [1775], they chose George... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 páginas
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find...nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 400 páginas
...body offered to Great Britain the hand of reconciliation, at the same time saying, with firmness, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." They voted to raise an army of twenty thousand men; and, on the 15th of June [1775], they chose George... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 704 páginas
...submission to the tyranny of irritable ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. ^e have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful us voluntary •lnvery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom •hich... | |
| William Crawford Armor - 1872 - 602 páginas
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. "We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as Voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
| Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 660 páginas
...unconditional submission to irritated Ministers, or resistance by force. The hitter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find...nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessaiy, foreign assistance... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 652 páginas
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find...nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 páginas
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, x>r resistance by force. . The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find...nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance... | |
| William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 páginas
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.' \ 48. Dec- The desire for independence was not; at this time, unilaration of independence. l See a... | |
| Stephen Bromley McCracken - 1876 - 714 páginas
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." It voted to raise an army of twenty thousand men, and on June 15th, elected George Washington commander-in-chief... | |
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