The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789Harper, 1905 - 348 頁 |
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第 3 頁
... give way . At the end of 1781 England saw herself surrounded and beset by enemies ; Spain , France , and Holland were arrayed in arms against her ; no ally on the Continent gave her encouragement or assistance ; her colonies were gone ...
... give way . At the end of 1781 England saw herself surrounded and beset by enemies ; Spain , France , and Holland were arrayed in arms against her ; no ally on the Continent gave her encouragement or assistance ; her colonies were gone ...
第 8 頁
... Give her forty , and let us in the meantime mind our own business . The burden of the early negotiations fell , there- fore , on the shoulders of Franklin and of his young colleague . Franklin was then one of the most famous men in ...
... Give her forty , and let us in the meantime mind our own business . The burden of the early negotiations fell , there- fore , on the shoulders of Franklin and of his young colleague . Franklin was then one of the most famous men in ...
第 11 頁
... that England should of her own accord give up Canada . Oswald was in turn told by Shelburne that reparation would not 1 Fitzmaurice , Shelburne , III . , 180 . 1 be heard of , and that he was to 1782 ] END OF THE REVOLUTION II.
... that England should of her own accord give up Canada . Oswald was in turn told by Shelburne that reparation would not 1 Fitzmaurice , Shelburne , III . , 180 . 1 be heard of , and that he was to 1782 ] END OF THE REVOLUTION II.
第 24 頁
... give advice for the benefit of America alone ; that because of the breach between the commissioners and the French minister the English were induced to treat more freely , more rapidly , and more generously than would otherwise have ...
... give advice for the benefit of America alone ; that because of the breach between the commissioners and the French minister the English were induced to treat more freely , more rapidly , and more generously than would otherwise have ...
第 27 頁
... give compensation to the Tories might destroy all prospects for im- mediate peace . Jay said that England would be content with a " tract of land , with a pompous pre- amble . " But the Americans were determined that nothing favoring ...
... give compensation to the Tories might destroy all prospects for im- mediate peace . Jay said that England would be content with a " tract of land , with a pompous pre- amble . " But the Americans were determined that nothing favoring ...
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第 62 頁 - ... awake, attend to your situation and redress yourselves! If the present moment be lost, every future effort is in vain, and your threats then will be as empty as your entreaties now.
第 313 頁 - Universe, in affording the people of the United States, in the course of his providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying a new Constitution...
第 26 頁 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
第 107 頁 - That the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such States as claim to the Mississippi or South Sea, and lay out the land beyond the boundary so ascertained into separate and independent States from time to time as the numbers and circumstances of the people thereof may require.
第 108 頁 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
第 64 頁 - And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, under any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
第 62 頁 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this Revolution and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor?
第 225 頁 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth— that God governs in the affairs of men.
第 212 頁 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties...
第 258 頁 - States to be as different as the interests of Russia and Turkey. Being, notwithstanding, desirous of conciliating the affections of the Eastern States, he should vote against requiring two-thirds instead of a majority.