The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789Harper, 1905 - 348 頁 |
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... taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials . Though I have been helped by many secondary writers , al- most nothing is taken from them without verifica- tion in the sources ; and in ...
... taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials . Though I have been helped by many secondary writers , al- most nothing is taken from them without verifica- tion in the sources ; and in ...
第 xviii 頁
... taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials . Though I have been helped by many secondary writers , almost nothing is taken from them without verification in the sources ; and in many ...
... taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials . Though I have been helped by many secondary writers , almost nothing is taken from them without verification in the sources ; and in many ...
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... taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us or not , " said he . " 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 ...
... taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us or not , " said he . " 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 ...
第 12 頁
... taken care of . " He was also told that England must hold as far as the Penobscot River . These instructions formed the core of the British demands , and we thus see at the beginning the subjects that were to be discussed at greatest ...
... taken care of . " He was also told that England must hold as far as the Penobscot River . These instructions formed the core of the British demands , and we thus see at the beginning the subjects that were to be discussed at greatest ...
第 20 頁
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin. to De Grasse concerning the basis of peace were to be taken seriously and at full value . He was not formally instructed to discuss American affairs ; but the fact of the matter is , he did discuss them and ...
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin. to De Grasse concerning the basis of peace were to be taken seriously and at full value . He was not formally instructed to discuss American affairs ; but the fact of the matter is , he did discuss them and ...
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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.