An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at Their Request, on the Sixty-first Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837 |
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... ment of the prophecies , announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Saviour and predicted by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets six hundred years before ? Cast your eyes backwards upon the progress of time , sixty - one years ...
... ment of the prophecies , announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Saviour and predicted by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets six hundred years before ? Cast your eyes backwards upon the progress of time , sixty - one years ...
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... ment they were alleged to be acts of personal tyranny and oppression by the King . George the third was held individually responsible for them all . The real and most culpable oppressor , the British Parliament , was not even named , in ...
... ment they were alleged to be acts of personal tyranny and oppression by the King . George the third was held individually responsible for them all . The real and most culpable oppressor , the British Parliament , was not even named , in ...
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... ment , conflicting with the vital principle of English Free- dom , that taxation and representation are inseparable , and that taxation without representation is a violation of the right of property . Here was a conflict between two ...
... ment , conflicting with the vital principle of English Free- dom , that taxation and representation are inseparable , and that taxation without representation is a violation of the right of property . Here was a conflict between two ...
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... ment in several of the States , by an inference not only unwarranted by the language and import of the Declara- tion , but subversive of its fundamental principles . This inference is , that because by this paper the United Colo- nies ...
... ment in several of the States , by an inference not only unwarranted by the language and import of the Declara- tion , but subversive of its fundamental principles . This inference is , that because by this paper the United Colo- nies ...
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... ment ; none of them sovereign ; but all subordinate to one sovereign , separated from them by the Atlantic . Ocean . The Declaration of Independence altered these systems of government , and transformed these depend- ant Colonies into ...
... ment ; none of them sovereign ; but all subordinate to one sovereign , separated from them by the Atlantic . Ocean . The Declaration of Independence altered these systems of government , and transformed these depend- ant Colonies into ...
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Page 16 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection 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.
Page 48 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Page 30 - That It be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents In particular, and America In general.
Page 58 - ... to the poor : he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, . .To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 12 - Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Page 19 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 57 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Page 29 - And whereas, it appears absolutely irreconcileable to reason and good Conscience, for the people of these colonies now to take the oaths and affirmations necessary for the support of any government under the crown of Great Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted, under the authority of the people of the colonies...
Page 61 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 61 - Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.